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"One of the best-kept secrets in astronomy is that a beginner's first telescope should be a pair of binoculars".
Beginner's luck?
Beginner's mind.
Beginner's mistake.
This is one of the better beginner telescopes and it usually has pretty good visibility, although water has a tendency to condense on the optics of the telescope which can be irritating.
A good beginners telescope is a 6" or 8" reflector telescope on a Dobsonian mount.
As a beginner, which type of telescope would yield the better results?
The range of telescopes available is huge, but for beginners a 60 or 70mm refractor telescope is a good place to start.
While you don't need to use anything other than your eyes, using binoculars will make it significantly easier for you as a beginner, and binoculars will give you a wider viewing zone than a telescope, which is important for a beginner.
Using the gear Olly provides – specialist cameras, software, laptops, telescopes and, of course, his experience – even a beginner can photograph a galaxy far, far away.
Could you give me some advice on a reasonable telescope to buy? Edit by Michael Lam on August 2, 2016: There's a lot of differing opinions on this but it is often suggested that as a beginner, you should get a good pair of binoculars rather than a telescope.
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