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rigione68

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hi everyone

firstly been having a look round the site and seems brilliant

i very new to astrononomy and my experience is no bigger than over the last few years watching documentaries and the odd episode of the sky at night and old clips on youtube

i have recently been interested in buying a telescope but after reading your comments it seems best to have a good understanding before rushing out and buying one, i was looking at ones with gotos and that sort of stuff but have decided to do things the old fashioned way

was just wondering if anyone had some suggestions for the best books for novices to get me started, im 26 years old so maybe a kids one like 'my first space book' may not be suitable

any help would be much appreciated

thanks

dan:)

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hi and welcome, the adventure starts hereturn left at orion is a great start,do not go for onr of the hubble specails that show the big glossy pics orwhen you look through yours or some one elses.(if you no any one or where ,go take a look) but have a look about

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Also, Stellarium is an excellent and free sky map software:

Stellarium

Use it to see the sky in your area at any given time. It'll show you where to look for the objects you'll read about in the books mentioned by Todd8137

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