Telescopes

I love astronomy and astrophotography.  If I had the right equipment, asteroid hunting is right up my alley.

If you can afford it, the Questar is a very nice, compact scope:
http://www.company7.com/questar/index.html

Televue also makes some very nice refractors that are less expensive than Questar:
http://www.company7.com/televue/index.html

[[MORE]]Unless you're planning to do serious astrophotography, you probably don't need much more than about 4 inches of aperture. You will be limited by atmospheric seeing, so a bigger scope doesn't buy you much.

Don't skimp on the mount or the eyepieces. A good mount can cost almost as much as the scope.