Hi all,
I know this may be a boring question, but I've been reading about telescopes for about 3 days now and need some human input. I'm wanting a telescope for beach and wildlife views - the house is about 400m away from the ocean with trees in between where koalas, parrots, kookaburras abound
I've looked into refractors, reflectors etc and understand the differences.. I take it a refractor is a good terrestrial scope and a bad celestial scope, and the reflector is a good celestial scope and bad terrestrial scope? The thing is, I come across so many bad reviews of the refractors I feel like maybe I shouldn't get one- the last thing I want is a flimsy thing with lots of chromatic distortion etc..
I guess what I'm asking is how stupid is it to consider a reflector for what will be an almost full-time terrestrial scope?
P.S. I may have become hooked on the celestial gazing just by reading all of your posts!!
Best,
Andrew.
