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n Christmas Day many budding stargazers will discover a new telescope under the tree waiting to be unwrapped. Yet telescopes and astronomy both reward experience, and excitement can turn to disappointment when it’s taken this month will get your stargazing journey off to the best possible start. Lifelong astronomer and author Stuart Atkinson provides six simple targets to train a new telescope on, which will really show what it is capable of and whet your appetite for the months ahead!