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Thinking of Buying a Telescope? Here's Our Advice

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Bob Greene : Many people may be seriously considering the purchase of a telescope this holiday season .

Greene: Most of these "department-store" telescopes usually end up being a complete frustration to the recipient.

A good pair of binoculars makes a very good instrument for the beginning amateur sky watcher, Greene says.

He says a telescope can have the finest optics in the world, yet can be rendered totally useless if the mount is so poor that the image can't be held in place.

Easy to use and relatively inexpensive, binoculars are helpful in learning the constellations.

They'll give you a glimpse of the craters of the moon, the crescent of Venus and the moons of Jupiter .

Binoculars require an absolute minimum set-up and takedown time.

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