Telescope and Binocular Buying Guides:

• Which scope should I buy?

• What kind of telescope is best for me?

• FAQ for Telescope Buyers

• Sky and Tel Magazine

• Astronomy Magazine

• Celestron Telescopes

• Space.Com

Clean your eyepieces and lenses (TeleVue)

Take care of your optical equipment (Sky and Telescope)

Learn how to deal with dew (Sky and Telescope)

Learn how to maximize your viewing pleasure with filters

Need help collimating your scope? These links offer excellent step-by-step instructions:

• Nils Carlin's illustrated collimation FAQs

• The collimation checklist

• Collimation adventures

• How to collimate and star test your scope

• Collimating a Newtonian Reflector

• Collimating without special tools

• Primer on star testing

• Tips on star testingstar testing