Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Your Kid and His First Astronomy Telescope

If your child shows great interest in astronomy and observing the skies and star gazing, an astronomy telescope for kids will help them to get started with this new, exciting hobby without you shelling out large sum of money. However, you must remember that want a child needs is a real astronomy telescope, and not a toy. Preferably it can be a refracting telescope with all the functions of a starter scope. Never mind the advanced and complex features. What matters it that you are encouraging your child to take up this hobby.

Money indeed can be a consideration but if you buy him a scope of his own, he will be happy with the full support that you are giving him on his interest on astronomy. A true blue simple telescope, perhaps a refracting telescope sans the frills, will definitely give your kid the boost that he needs to learn about the stars and planets and astronomy as a whole.

Try investing on a beginner telescope which can be had for 100 dollars. A better one is available on most scope shops and stores for 200 up to 300 dollars. And as your child becomes really more interested in astronomy, it would be great if you can spend more for a much sophisticated and complex telescope, like having features such as astrophotography capabilities. Your kind would certainly want to take pictures of comets, planets and stars.

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