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A telescope is your front-row ticket to the dazzling celestial show that plays out overhead every night. Due to their scientific roots and obscure vocabulary, telescopes are extremely difficult pieces of equipment to buy, but armed with a few definitions and an understanding of how a telescope works, you’ll be ready to explore the heavens.

Basic Telescope Choices
The type of telescope you should choose depends on what exactly you want to study. If you want to check out moons and planets, a refractor telescope is the way to go. If you’d rather check out deep space objects, such as nebulae and distant systems, reflector telescopes are perfect for the job. ...
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