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My parents bought me a little Tasco 60mm refractor for Christmas one year as a 'maybe he'll like this' present. I used that little scope to death. In fact the reason I stopped was because I got frustrated with all the wonderful stuff that lay just beyond the reach of that little scope and was young enough that there were no $$$ for an upgrade, so I'd reached 'the end' as it were. Saw some pretty cool stuff with it though - Halley's comet, SN1987a. Good times.
When I was 30 my wife bought me an 8" dob and reignited the passion.
Still got that scope. Don't have the wife anymore though :-)
...which leaves more time for astronomy! :-)
Edit; forgot to mention the first things I actually *bought (the above were gifts). I can't remember which came first but I think it was;
1) Norton's star atlas
2) A wider field eyepice that in retrospect was probably quite a decent eyepiece suffering from being in a scope of poor - middling quality
3) Sky Atlas 2000
Last edited by Stonius; 11-06-2016 at 12:37 AM.
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