as everybody in this forum indicates we should run a Prime time TV add that follows something like RSPCA...
ISS SAYS NO TO DEPARTMENT STORE TELESCOPES...
with the voice over man talking... Every year thousands of dollars are worthessly expended on poor coat hangers and they end up being neglected, and outcast then it pans to the sobbing man in the corner.... all i wanted to do is look at the stars like Newton did, but i couldent.... sob sob
.. ect ect
This is something that i beg of you, Dont get a GEM for a start get a Dobsonian learn the sky and what your looking at and then move into the Gem they are quite tricky to learn if your learning everything all at the same time! Plus the money in the optics is like savings in the bank! It pays dividends!