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Getting Back into Amateur Astronomy: Where to Find a Good Telescope?

posted by cmn32480 on Tuesday April 28 2015, @01:25AM   Printer-friendly
from the lucy-in-the-sky-with-diamonds dept.

chewbacon writes:

I pulled my telescope out of storage the other day and set it up. The family and I had a great time with it. It is a relatively cheap telescope with a hand held controller and it tracks objects once you align it to a couple of stars.

When I was a kid, it was challenging to be interested with out the computer guidance, so I'd like to make it easier for them to stay interested. Being a number of years old, I think it is standing on its last leg as the controller is acting flaky and the motors seem to get lost when turning to an object. So I'm asking the nerds out there: who makes a decent telescope today? Where should I shop for one? I'd like something with similar features that I have now. Computer guidance and tracking is the must-have. Perhaps GPS. I would like to spend less than $600, but I'm open to more expensive options.

 
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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 28 2015, @11:51AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 28 2015, @11:51AM (#176021)

    If you live near the New York/Pennsylvania border, there is always Cherry Springs State Park.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_Springs_State_Park [wikipedia.org]

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  • (Score: 1) by nitehawk214 on Tuesday April 28 2015, @02:56PM

    by nitehawk214 (1304) on Tuesday April 28 2015, @02:56PM (#176090)

    I live nowhere near the border, but it is easily worth a 5 hour drive.

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