Re: Kid's telescope buying advice?

2009-12-10 Thread Charlie Bell
On 10/12/2009, at 6:26 PM, Bryon Daly wrote: *Delurking* I could use some telescope purchasing advice, if anyone's interested in helping. My astonomy knowledge is quite limited. I'd say you'd be better off getting a decent 'scope for the family and getting the lad a good book on how to

Re: Kid's telescope buying advice?

2009-12-10 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 03:59 AM Thursday 12/10/2009, Charlie Bell wrote: On 10/12/2009, at 6:26 PM, Bryon Daly wrote: *Delurking* I could use some telescope purchasing advice, if anyone's interested in helping. My astonomy knowledge is quite limited. Try these resources from the web sites of _Astronomy_

Re: Kid's telescope buying advice?

2009-12-10 Thread Bruce Bostwick
On Dec 10, 2009, at 3:59 AM, Charlie Bell wrote: On 10/12/2009, at 6:26 PM, Bryon Daly wrote: *Delurking* I could use some telescope purchasing advice, if anyone's interested in helping. My astonomy knowledge is quite limited. I'd say you'd be better off getting a decent 'scope for the

Re: Kid's telescope buying advice?

2009-12-10 Thread Bryon Daly
On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 7:07 AM, Ronn! Blankenship ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net wrote: SkyandTelescope.com - Homepage Equipment - Low-Cost Starter Scopes - http://www.skyandtelescope.com/equipment/home/69745547.html This was exactly the kind of article I had been looking for. The Orion 3

Kid's telescope buying advice?

2009-12-09 Thread Bryon Daly
*Delurking* I could use some telescope purchasing advice, if anyone's interested in helping. My astonomy knowledge is quite limited. My 9 year old son asked for a telescope for Christmas (amongst a million other things). My mom bought him a $37 Toys-R-Us one which I think is likely little