I’ve been so busy with the holiday bazaars and filling orders that I haven’t posted anything directly about astronomy for a while.  But a couple of people have asked me recently about buying a telescope, especially for a child, so I thought I’d offer some general advice. The first thing that any amateur astronomer will tell you is to never buy a telescope from a department store or any place that doesn’t actually know anything about telescopes.  The low cost scopes they carry are not only usually of poor quality, they are also too expensive for what you get. But […]