Choosing a telescope

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Mark Phillips gave us a talk on what to consider when choosing a telescope as well as examples of different types and options.

Download the slides as a PDF

This video will be useful alongside the post on Buying a telescope for Christmas and is part of our 4 Steps to the Stars programme.

The slides are available as a PDF which you may find useful or reference purposes.

You can find astronomy suppliers on our links page. The ones mentioned in the talk and used for demo purposes were:

First Light Optics
Rother Valley Optics
Viking Optical (binoculars)

These are examples, there are other good ones.

Here are some useful links from the talk for 2nd hand equipment:

https://www.astrobuysell.com/uk/propview.php
https://stargazerslounge.com/forum/217-for-sale-swap
https://www.wexphotovideo.com/used – sold with a guarantee
https://www.ebay.co.uk
https://www.gumtree.com – a bit of a wild card
Astroboot – cheap bits and pieces https://www.astroboot.co.uk/AstroBoot

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Choosing a telescope

Mark Phillips gave us a talk on what to consider when choosing a telescope as well as examples of different types and options.

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