Awesome Astronomy - Telescope Guide

Paul Hill, Ralph Wilkins host. Damien Phillips and John Wildridge, producers, are special guests this time round! (Editor's note) I might add that it's always a good idea to join your local astronomy club and look through their scopes to see what they're like before you drop thousands down on a shiny behemoth. It'll help also when it comes to choosing eyepieces. Enough of me, now back to the Awesome Astro show notes: In this podcast extra we pool our collective brainpower to bring you a 20 minute discussion of telescope types, apertures, portability and capabilities to help you buy the right telescope for you. If you’re thinking of buying your first telescope – or thinking of getting one as a gift for someone this Christmas – then this will give you all the considerations for that purchase. http://www.awesomeastronomy.com Do go visit http://astrogear.spreadshirt.com/ for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. http://www.astrosphere.org/ Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org. While you're at it, do support our Learning Space educator training program by going to this site: https://www.patreon.com/LearningSpace Please help us keep training the trainers! Learning Space is a weekly G+ Hangout on Air about topics in astronomy education, outreach and other ways to share science both in the school setting and outside it. We bring you interviews, hands-on demonstrations, lists of our favorite educational resources and more!