Another telescope question for a friend!
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Hi all!
A friend of mine is after his first telescope with the desire to observe the planets and nebulae (mainly the Orion nebula).
His budget is £200, so any ideas? I was thinking a refractor might be best for the planets but not sure if £200 will get him anything good enough to be worthwhile?
Cheers!
A friend of mine is after his first telescope with the desire to observe the planets and nebulae (mainly the Orion nebula).
His budget is £200, so any ideas? I was thinking a refractor might be best for the planets but not sure if £200 will get him anything good enough to be worthwhile?
Cheers!
If he wants to view M42 in any detail then for £200 pounds he's probably best with a cheap dobsonian reflector. Something like this maybe:
http://www.pulsar-optical.co.uk/prod/telescopes/sk...
That way he gets a bit of light gathering and an easy to use mount. There's no help from goto or setting circles to find objects, so possibly a good way way of learning!
No good for photography though.
Another option would be a second hand 6" reflector on an EQ mount. I sold a skywatcher 150 a couple of years ago for £150.
http://www.pulsar-optical.co.uk/prod/telescopes/sk...
That way he gets a bit of light gathering and an easy to use mount. There's no help from goto or setting circles to find objects, so possibly a good way way of learning!
No good for photography though.
Another option would be a second hand 6" reflector on an EQ mount. I sold a skywatcher 150 a couple of years ago for £150.
I bought a Celestron 102GT (4" refractor with GoTo) at Costco recently for £169 but they'd all gone last week.
http://stargazerslounge.com is a worth a look for advice.
http://stargazerslounge.com is a worth a look for advice.
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