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Choosing a Telescope | | Recommendation 1: Purchase from a Telescope Store Where you buy can make a big difference. The telescopes found in local box stores will more likely lead
to frustration due to small, poor optics on shaky mounts. We recommend that
you instead purchase from a dedicated telescope store. Here are two that we can easily recommend:
✭ Cloud Break Optics. This store offers online sales and,
more importantly, has a physical storefront in Seattle with very helpful owners -- a great place to see telescopes
and ask questions.
✭ Orion Telescopes.
This is a very popular online store with great value and return policies -- a very good place for people starting out
but avoid the cheapest stuff.
Update for 2023: due to tariffs, covid and transportation issues, most good telescopes are now in short
supply and far more expensive than in the past. We recommend that, before you place an order, ensure that it is
actually available or when you can expect it to become available.
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