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    Kateski Posts: 4, Reputation: 1
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    Mar 2, 2008, 08:56 AM
    Prices of Telescopes?
    Greetings Earthlings

    I live paycheck to paycheck, sometimes. Is there a quality in-expensive telescope for looking into the beauty of the night sky?
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    Mar 3, 2008, 07:59 AM
    Ye, there are lots of good choices. But my first piece of advice is stay away from cheap departmet store telescopes - especially any scope that boasts about its magnification power. I suggest you take a look at both the "Sky and Telescope" and "Astronomy" web sites elow - they have lost of good advice on buying your first scpoe. Best bang for the buck would be a Newtonian reflector, or a variation of it known as a Dobsonian. Actually, often the best first telescope is a not a scope at all, but a good pair of binoculars.

    See:

    SkyandTelescope.com - Choosing Your Equipment - Choosing Your First Telescope
    Astronomy.com - Equipment
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    Apr 8, 2008, 12:46 AM
    Read your post and thought I'd check out e-bay. There are more than 900 telescopes listed. On the first page, there's a Meade 114A Digital(DS-114AT) for a hundred bucks.

    They go for even less if you get one without the motor.

    Happy Viewing
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