Casual Evaluation of a Beginner Telescope
Introduction T his blog entry is a little different than my usual entries. Then again, my thoughts are often a bit scattered so there isn't really a consistent theme to this blog. I do sometimes write about my hobbies including astronomy but this blog entry is not one of my typical short blog entries about viewing this or that or about some small astronomy project. This is more along the lines of a casual review of my thoughts about a telescope. If you are more interested in some astrophotography images rather than read about a boring telescope evaluation, then just scroll down to the closing of this blog entry (about halfway down this page). Quite often, people who are wanting to get involved in backyard astronomy for the first time ask other astronomers which telescope would be best to purchase as their first telescope. This is a very common question that is asked at least once a day. As a result, I find myself trying to provide advice to astronomy beginners a few times eac