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Today is the first day looking at some important tips to buying a telescope. Today we are going to look at what kind of telesope you should buy to meet your needs. Which is very important, after all there is no need to buy a telescope which doesn’t meet your needs.

A question that serves is - what will you use your first telescope for? This may seem like an odd question to ask. However, it is a valid one. There are telescopes which allow you to not only see out into space, but also for terrestrial viewing.

If you want a multipurpose telescope, a refracting telescope may be just what you need. Another important point why considering what you want the telescope for is not just with terrestrial or space viewing, but also with the objects in space.

Telescopes generally come in 2 varieties - refracting which often is thought that Galileo invented, and the reflecting telescope, which Isaac Newton first made a working version of. The refracting telescope is generally considered better for viewing the planets, while the Newtonian reflecting telescope is generally better for deep space viewing.

Tommorow we will look at some important points overlooked when buying a telescope.