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Originally Posted by stargaze
Hi all
A friend recently brought over a telescope and we had a little bit of a play around with it (neither of us knew much about astronomy).
We managed to focus on the moon and what an amazing sight!!
I have zero knowledge on astronomy - hoping to find out more by reading and absorbing the knowledge of the iceinspace community 
I've read that as a total beginner it's better to start off with a pair of binoculars as opposed to jumping straight into telescopes. This subject is probably discussed to death, but am happy to hear any thoughts on this.
Thanks! |
to IIS you have come to the right place you will learn heaps here
and depends on where you live you could go to one of the observing nights to get some awsome hand on stuff
Cheers