Telescopes (angled or straight?)
I am thinking of taking the plunge and buying a telescope or more correctly a spotter scope. A pal of mine whom is a big astronomy fan is urging me to to be sure to get an angled (45 degree) 'scope for comfort of viewing rather than the straight variety. My pal is assuming the use of a tripod but I am not too sure about that except for maybe the back garden.
So, what do you think? My sight is far from great and I wear fairly thick glasses lenses in spite of a high refractive index on my specs so good eye relief would be important for me on any new 'scope.
Thanks and a big hello from Cork!