Foreword -- Introduction -- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly -- How to Buy a Mail-order (or Main Street store) Telescope -- Specifications -- Accessories -- Using a Mail-order Telescope -- Care & Maintenance -- Travelling with Your Telescope -- Setting up an Equatorial Mounting -- Observing the Solar System -- The Moon -- The Sun -- The Planets -- The Asteroids -- Comets -- Observing the Stars and Galaxies -- Locating Stars -- Star Colours -- Spectral Classes -- Double Stars -- Multiple Stars -- Variable Stars -- Star Clusters -- Nebulae -- Galaxies -- Photography and Imaging -- Photographing the Moon -- Photographing the Sun -- Photographing the Deep Sky -- Image Processing Software -- Sharpness -- Contrast and Brightness -- Unsharp Masking -- Colour Saturation and Hue -- Trying Out Some Typical Mail-order Telescopes -- Goldline Optical T70 -- Tasco Luminova 675x Reflector Telescope -- Helios 60mm Altazimuth -- Helios 60mm equatorial -- The Next Steps.