Things You'll Need:
- Sky Charts
- Telescope Tripods
- Telescopes
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Step 1
Resolve to invest a fair bit of money in this telescope. You can easily spend $1,000 per inch of aperture on an apochromatic refractor - without the tripod.
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Step 2
Accept that the lower-cost models have limited light-gathering power and suffer from chromatic aberration. Chromatic aberration is color fringing around the object you are viewing.
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Step 3
Know that apochromatic telescopes use three or four lenses to eliminate chromatic aberration. This is the main reason they are so expensive.
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Step 4
Enjoy the advantage of an apochromatic refractor, which is never having to say the word "collimate." This type of telescope comes pre-assembled from the factory with all of its optics aligned.
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Step 5
Enjoy that this type of telescope requires little care and maintenance.
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Step 6
Plot your subject with the use of star charts.
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Step 7
Position your telescope for viewing.
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Step 8
Aim the telescope at the sky and find your subject.
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Step 9
Position your eye over the eyepiece and focus.









