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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2855054, member: 76194&quot;]Having started with a telescope, I say give binoculars a try first.&nbsp; For around $120 you can get this pair of 15x70, a tripod, and the tripod adapter to connect the binoculars (see frequently bought together option at the bottom of picture). A lot cheaper than a decent telescope, and there are a lot of objects to see at 15x magnification.</p><p><br /></p><p>A decent budget dobsonian telescope will cost you around $200 minimum (anything below that price range is utter garbage). Once you make the necesary upgrades to make it useable (ie. a better star finder than the garbage it comes with, a 2x barlow eyepiece, etc.) you&#039;d already be north of $325 just to have a basic decently equiped budget telescope you can actually enjoy and do proper astronomy with.</p><p><br /></p><p>With these binoculars and the stand you&#039;d be in business for 1/3 the price. You won&#039;t be seeing the rings of Saturn with this probably, but you can see some planetary moons and see the planets as small round colorful objects rather than stars, plus you will get great views of nearby galaxies, star clusters, the constellations, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]678487[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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