Choosing a first telescope (advice for UK beginners)

I have just updated my page on Choosing a Starter Telescope, in time for
the Christmas rush. Please make the existence of it (or other similar
pages) widely known in order to try to guide people away from some of
the trash that is hawked at beginners at this time of year.

http://astunit.com/tutorials/firstscope.htm


See also the advice on evaluating a telescope in the sto
http://astunit.com/tutorials/evaluating.htm


Best,
Stephen

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"John Steinberg" wrote in message
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And let's face it, English cuisine is to Shakespeare
as Spam is to French cuisine.

Dude, I LOVE meat(savoury) pies. They represent the very epitomy of
English(and for that matter any) cuisine.g


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Best regards,
Bill

Well I don't know about that, but bangers and mash is Ok with me ... and a
good English Ale to was it down with ...
"Bill Becker" wrote in message
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"John Steinberg" wrote in message
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major snippage
And let's face it, English cuisine is to Shakespeare
as Spam is to French cuisine.

Dude, I LOVE meat(savoury) pies. They represent the very epitomy of
English(and for that matter any) cuisine.g


-John Steinberg
email: lid


*Aa -lu - mi - ni - um

Puhlease!!




-= I link therefore I'm spammed =-

Best regards,
Bill

"Chuck" wrote in message
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Well I don't know about that, but bangers and mash is Ok with me ... and a
good English Ale to was it down with ...

Agreed about the B&M and...King Greene's Olde Suffolk and Fuller's London
Pride come to mind. g

Best regards,
Bill

On 12/01/03 05:58 +0900, Bill Becker wrote:

"Chuck" wrote in message
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Well I don't know about that, but bangers and mash is Ok with me ... and a
good English Ale to was it down with ...

Agreed about the B&M and...King Greene's Olde Suffolk and Fuller's London
Pride come to mind. g

Does anybody know whether the British pub "The Spotted Dick" is
still alive and well at Yonge and Bloor in Toronto? Back in the
day, one could get a killer plate of bangers and mash there.
Washing it down with a bottle of Toby's was always a satisfying
experience. IMO.

trane
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Trane Francks wrote:
Does anybody know whether the British pub "The Spotted Dick" is
still alive and well at Yonge and Bloor in Toronto? Back in the
day, one could get a killer plate of bangers and mash there.
Washing it down with a bottle of Toby's was always a satisfying
experience. IMO.

Unfortunately, you can't chase it with an observation of the Toby Jug
Nebula (IC 2220, at about -59 declination).

Brian Tung
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My Own Personal FAQ (SAA) at http://astro.isi.edu/reference/faq.txt

Bill Becker wrote:
King Greene's Olde Suffolk and Fuller's London Pride come to mind.

They're OK, but are not the best. If you're ever over here again, seek
out some of the offerings from the small independent breweries. My
favourite, in the days before I decided to eschew ethanol as a relaxant,
was Ringwood Best Bitter. See:
http://www.ringwoodbrewery.co.uk/

Best,
Stephen

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My advice, stay away from refractors, too hard to use ergonomically and the
aperture is too small for anything but the moon, Jupiter, and a few Messier
objects. Keep aperture to at least 8" in reflector or CAT. Try to go with
f/6 or greater on newtonians to avoid collimation problems (which I'm having
now with my f/4.9).
CATs are generally not considered "starter" scopes because of price, but
their electronic features can encourage more use. No-one really wants to
fiddle with setting circles in the dark anymore.

--Eric




"Stephen Tonkin" wrote in message
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I have just updated my page on Choosing a Starter Telescope, in time for
the Christmas rush. Please make the existence of it (or other similar
pages) widely known in order to try to guide people away from some of
the trash that is hawked at beginners at this time of year.

http://astunit.com/tutorials/firstscope.htm


See also the advice on evaluating a telescope in the sto
http://astunit.com/tutorials/evaluating.htm


Best,
Stephen

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Still, as I own both a Jag and a MINI, it's not all bad,

I see you are man who likes walking. Good for you.

jon