What's a good telescope for newbies in stargazing?  

Hi there... I've been fascinated with astronomy for a while now, and just moved to the arizona desert... beautifully dark night sky almost every night. I wanted to start with a telescope too, but after some research, decided to get a good pair of binoculars first. Since you do live in the city, if you get an elaborate telescope, you'll have to transport it outside of the city everytime you want to use it. You may need software to hook up your telescope to a computer if your having trouble locating interesting objects. These things may be intimidating to a beginner. I think you could join an astronomy club and meet some people, get some feedback about what types of telescopes they like, they could help show you how to use them and you could make a better informed decision. I started with Barska Gladiator binocs, 25x125-80, mounted ona camera tripod. They were $200, and I can see moons of Jupiter and Saturn's rings. And the moon looks amazing. I can also see Vega pulsating. I included a couple of links to space.com, which is one of my favorite astronomy websites, and also to the ebay store where I got my binoculars... happy stargazing!

Hi there... I've been fascinated with astronomy for a while now, and just moved to the arizona desert... beautifully dark night sky almost every night. I wanted to start with a telescope too, but after some research, decided to get a good pair of binoculars first. Since you do live in the city, if you get an elaborate telescope, you'll have to transport it outside of the city everytime you want to use it. You may need software to hook up your telescope to a computer if your having trouble locating interesting objects. These things may be intimidating to a beginner. I think you could join an astronomy club and meet some people, get some feedback about what types of telescopes they like, they could help show you how to use them and you could make a better informed decision. I started with Barska Gladiator binocs, 25x125-80, mounted ona camera tripod. They were $200, and I can see moons of Jupiter and Saturn's rings. And the moon looks amazing. I can also see Vega pulsating. I included a couple of links to space.com, which is one of my favorite astronomy websites, and also to the ebay store where I got my binoculars... happy stargazing!

look for a simple and small and compatable one
it wwill make it easier and handy
and it will hwlp u alot