The Best Telescopes Out There

This will be a big surprise. Can you tell me what the best telescope out there today is? There are actually two of them. If you said your eyes, you are correct.

You were born gifted with two telescopes that can focus from one inch to infinity and beyond. They have a field of view of about 110 degrees, and they have built in lens covers. They open and close at about 1/40 of a second. Eyes can detect subtle color changes as well as any variance in color. They also send three dimensional depth information to your brain. No telescope could ever do all these things.

Go out before you start with the telescope and look at where you will be pointing it. Pick out several constellations by sight and look for the moon and a planet. Make a mental picture so you know where t go to come back to the object when you want to. Just relax and go out in the warm night air and look up. It really is that simple.

To get the most from learning astronomy, you must have a lot of patience. You may go several nights without seeing anything new. This is what frustrates beginners. Start with the moon and look at its brightness. Look for craters and mountains. There is so much to the moon that you could find something new every night for the next year.

Don't give up though. Even though you didn't find what you were looking for doesn't mean it's not out there. It just means you haven't been able t see it yet. Keep looking each night. You may find something else you weren't looking for and that will lead to other new objects as well. Look around star clusters and the planets. You may even spot some comets or meteors.