"Do not buy a cheap telescope"
Here's some advice for first time telescope buyers, from the Cleveland Plain Dealer."There are a lot of bad telescopes out there that come in a box and claim some impressive-sounding power," said Stan Seeberg, an amateur astronomer and founder of the Vancouver Sidewalk Astronomers. "Sometimes the boxes are worth more than the products."
Jim Todd, planetarium director at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, agrees.
"I cannot emphasize enough: Do not buy a cheap telescope," he said.
When asked what to get, Todd finds out what prospective buyers want to do with a telescope and how much they have to spend. He often discovers that "what someone really wants is a fancy living-room decoration and not so much a good stargazing instrument."
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