[Chaos-l] introduction, equipment request

[Stewart-Taylor, Jon]

Hi all.  Everybody has made excellent comments, but i would like to
throw my two cents in:

	Accessories:
	Always save extra cash for accessories:
	Urgent Essentials:  
	1) Telrad -- makes finding objects a cinch
	2) "Turn Left @ Orion"  or a good Star map (sky and telescope's
Pocket Sky Atlas)  
	
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$0.01: you may be tempted to use another unit-power finder for expense
reasons.  They'll work, but the Telrad is far and away the best
unit-power finder, and is worth the extra $10 if you're going to be
doing serious deep-sky observing.  Time is money, and the Telrad will
save you a lot of time.
 
$0.01: Get Turn Left _and_ a good star map.  I strongly recommend Wil
Tirion's _Bright Star Atlas 2000_, which was recently reissued, and is
available for under $10 at various places (including Willmann-Bell:
http://www.willbell.com/atlas/atlas1.htm).  "Turn Left" is probably the
best book for a beginning deep-sky observer, but using _only_ it to find
the objects can be frustrating.  BAS2000 is also very good for use with
binoculars (and using binoculars with it is excellent training for using
a typical finder on a telescope).
 
Total: $0.02.
 
J.
--
Jon Stewart-Taylor: joncst at earthlink.net; 919-967-2912
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