How To Buy A Good Telescope

Although it is possible to have many hours of pleasure observing the night sky using the naked eye or binoculars, at some point in every amateur astronomer’s career the decision is made to buy a telescope. With the huge number of telescopes (and types of telescope) available, deciding which is the right one to buy can be a tough decision. So it... 

Equipment for The Amateur Astronomer: Good Astronomy Binoculars For Beginners

Telescopes and binoculars and other astronomy accessories and are the meat and potatoes of amateur astronomy. What helped me familiarise myself with the night sky was a good set of binoculars. It was only after using them for a couple of years that I upgraded to a telescope. That was one of the department store 60mm telescopes we’re all warned...