Getting your first telescope should feel exciting, not frustrating. If I avoid a few common beginner mistakes, I can turn that confusing bundle of glass and metal into a tool that reliably shows the ...

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For those enchanted by the possibility of seeing further into the heavens (or looking to pass on that enchantment to the next ...