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WHAT TO USE

WHAT

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BINOCULARS AND TELESCOPES

When you start your stargazing quest, the night skies. We’ll look at why
you need do nothing more than walk it’s best to begin with binoculars
outside on a clear night and look up. before moving on to a telescope, and
But there’ll come a time when you feel why the mount that a telescope tube
you need to get closer to the view – it sits on is every bit as important as the
happens to us all! And for this you’ll lenses or mirrors that gather up all
need a pair of binoculars or a telescope. that starlight.
These pieces of optical equipment We’ll also take a tour of the
do two things: fi rstly they collect more important accessories you need to
light from the dim and distant stars get great views, such as eyepieces,
than your eyes alone do, and secondly fi nderscopes and fi lters, as well as
they magnify the view. showing how to use all this equpiment
In this section, we’ll take you through and what kind of views you can expect
the best types of equipment to train on of the skies above.

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