Re: New to backyard astronomy: Celestron SkyScout?

Hi,

This is response to all the replies. Thanks. I just downloaded "Carte du
Ciel", along with addons, earlier and have started with it.

I'm going to hold off on the Celestron Skyscout for the time being as some
of the prelimary reviews on the Meade Mysky sound pretty good. It'll be
interesting to see how the two finally compare.

In the meantime, I plan on getting a good pair of binos as was suggested.

I've also been reading, as Joe S. suggested, that Dobs make good "first
scopes". The phrase that I've seen often is that a decent 8" Dob is usually
the "best bang for the buck" as far as "first scopes" go. I'm playing
around with the idea of even going up to a 10" Dob.

Thanks!


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