I've been thinking about picking up an astronomical telescope for a little while now. I haven't played around with telescopes in a good long time, but it occurs to me that not only is observation fun and educational, but also a damn good excuse to sit outside on the lawn drinking beer for extended periods of time.
I've had my eye on this model, the Orion XT8 for a while. Seems like a nice instrument for the price. If any of you guys stargaze, do you have any other decent suggestions in the same price range, say $3-400.00? Any other tidbits of knowledge that may be useful to a newb such as myself?
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