This is no time to skimp on quality; shun the flimsy, semi-toy "department store" scopes that may have caught your eye.
This is no time to skimp on quality; shun the flimsy, semi-toy "department store" scopes that may have caught your eye. The telescope you want has two essentials. The first is a solid, steady, smoothly working mount. The second is high-quality, "diffraction-limited" optics.