Star Ware: The Amateur Astronomer's Ultimate Guide to Choosing, Buying, and Using Telescopes and Accessories

Call it a rite of passage. Call it the first step on an exciting journey. Call it what you want, but buying a first telescope is a leap of faith. For the beginning astronomer it is a gamble -- a hunch concerning the nature of a hobby not completely known. Does spending more really guarantee a better telescope? For that matter, does "cheap" have to mean poor quality? The telescope market is huge and has many choices, and a road map would certainly come in handy. Philip Harrington's book Star Ware gives the first-time telescope purchaser a means to scope out a buying …