Mastodawn

Does anyone have a recommendation for a not-too-expensive, beginner telescope?

I grew up in the country looking at the stars (though never got into it seriously) and recently returned to the country. I've watched all 500 episodes of #StarTalk and am a patreon subscriber. I'm not looking to get into it every night, but every so often when a planet is close or a meteor shower is happening.

Also if it can take a beating that helps. I'm clumsy and walk with a cane!

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dana

@MikeImBack Follow the advice of the commenter who recommends Ed Ting's reviews.

Watch out for 4.5 inch reflectors that are catadioptric -- that is, they have a correcting lens in the focuser tube. There are a lot of them out there. It allows for a shorter tube, but makes them difficult to collimate (collimation is the process of aligning the primary and secondary mirrors in a reflector).

Have fun shopping.

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