Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site mcc-db.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!dcdwest!ittvax!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!ut-sally!mcc-db!derrick From: derrick@mcc-db.UUCP (Dwayne Derrick) Newsgroups: net.astro Subject: Telescope (which kind?) Message-ID: <61@mcc-db.UUCP> Date: Tue, 5-Feb-85 18:50:54 EST Article-I.D.: mcc-db.61 Posted: Tue Feb 5 18:50:54 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Feb-85 05:21:56 EST Distribution: net Organization: MCC (Austin, TX) Lines: 13 At the risk of rehashing a old topic, I would like some opinions on which type or brand of telescope is best for a novice stargazer... Local planets and possibly Halley are what I would like to view. I heard that anything afforable to a novice can cause eyestrain and that a good set of binoculars is better? Is this true? And one last question. Are there any kits available to build a decent telescope, If I do decide to buy I would think that a kit would afford a more powerful telescope than a preassembled unit. Thank you.