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Getting Started with Your New Telescope
How to start successfully with a new telescope — a guide to what you need to know, how to set it up, and things you can start finding with it in tonight's sky.
What to See with Your New Telescope During 2020 Holidays
Maybe you just got a shiny new telescope. Awaiting you are stupendous, faraway things in the night sky. Surely you're itching to try it out....
What to See with Your New Telescope During 2019 Holidays
Maybe you just got a shiny new telescope to call your own. Congratulations — you could be on your way to discovering many amazing, far, deep things in the night sky.
What To See with Your New Telescope During 2018 Holidays
Just got a new telescope? Here are essential tips to getting started using it for astronomy.
What to See with Your New Telescope During 2017 Holidays
Maybe you just got a shiny new telescope to call your own. Congratulations — you could be on your way to discovering many amazing, far, deep things in the night sky. Although most of them are so far and faint that just locating and detecting them is the challenge! Whether…
What to See with Your New Telescope During 2016 Holidays
Maybe this gift-giving season you got a shiny new telescope to call your own. Congratulations — you could be on your way to discovering many amazing far things in the night sky. Although most of them are so far and faint that just finding and detecting them is the challenge!…
Telescopes: Guides & Recommendations
How to Choose Your First Telescope
Here's a quick guide to the essential features that you should look for when buying your first telescope.
What to See with Your New Telescope During 2015 Holidays
Thousands of telescopes are given and received as gifts during the holidays. But once you've assembled your new treasure, then what? Moon, stars, planets? The editors of Sky & Telescope magazine point the way.
New Telescope? Learn How to Use a Telescope and See Amazing Sights
Thousands of telescopes are given and received as gifts during the holidays. But once you've assembled your new treasure, then what? The editors of Sky & Telescope show you where to look first.
Equipment: Guides & Recommendations
Top 10 Telescope Questions & Answers on How to Use a Telescope
Here are common questions about telescopes culled from an expert’s mailbag.
How to Care for Your Telescope Optics the Right Way
The mirror in your telescope will probably work fine with a bit of dust on it, but if it's really dirty, you may want to clean it — carefully!
