Re: Good starting telescope and book for child


"FSaxwas9" <shawnandpaula@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I like Dickinson's Nightwatch too, although other books like Turn Left
> at Orion and Discover the Stars (Berry) are nice...
>
> An older artifact is the The Stars book by HA Rey (author of Curious
> George); it is dated, but gives a lot of useful and interesting
> information written in a way a youngster can relate to...
>
> I'm still using binocs, and recommend them for beginners. It's great to
> just point and focus with a nice pair of 7x50s.
>

I find that I'm working my way down with binoculars. I started with 20x80s
(borrowed from my stepdad after he passed away), then I tried 15x70s, and
I'm now using 9x60s. Funny you mentioned 7x50s as that seems the next
logical progression downward.

I think my subconcious goal is to ultimately get down to a 6x30 monocular,
so I can sell off several thousand dollars worth of what is turing out to be
lightly used equipment :-)


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