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My first telescope
Hey guys, i've been studying a lot lately, reading lots of information, looked at the night sky with a friends pair of binoculars and i thought it was finally time to purchase my first telescope, learn the ways of the telescope and see if i enjoy it before purchasing something more expensive for astrophotography.. I'm quite interested in astrophotography but first i need to get the hang of using telescopes. The telescope i purchased is a AstroMaster 70AZ, 70 mm refractor telescope, with Altazimuth mount and tripod. I just wanted to see some peoples opinions on this scope, personally i love it...for my first telescope i am more than happy with it, it has occasionally given me some troubles with the little viewfinder thing, it has a small LED that you turn on and align it with what you want to look at in the sky. I've had a nice look at the moon with it, and i am pretty sure i was looking at Vega last night. Correct me if i'm wrong... that's just a guess... But it's one very bright star appearing in the night sky in Darwin lately. It has a nice clear and sharp image, even seen 2 small stars below it and 1 star above it in the image. Any suggestions or criticism would be great. Thanks guys.
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