Got it now.

Good show this week, as usual. I'm glad you suggested finding a local astronomy club and hooking up with them before purchasing scopes. We (our club) is always fielding questions from people interested in getting a scope, and we encourage them to come on out to our observatory and see what we have to offer, perhaps join our club and hang out with us for a while before getting their own personal instruments. And hey, sometimes they just stick around and use what we have, since our observatory has a pretty good assortment of telescopes and auxillary equipment for the members' use.

Around Christmas time we feature a page on our website on how to choose a telescope, with many links to sites online giving the latest information.

Both Sky & Telescope and Astronomy have - on their websites - listings of clubs all over the USA and the world, and so does the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. There is also AstronomyClubs.com.

The only thing I would take a small issue with is that it's not really "easy" to do astrophotography. I've done it for over 20 years and still don't find it easy. It's a learning opportunity at all times, but the rewards are great.

Otherwise, keep up the good work. Can't wait until next week's show.