Telescope help

[magpie215]

Hello

looking for a bit of direction on a beginners telescope

needs to be fairly portable and easy to set up mainly for viewing planets and constellations.

budget around £100 but flexible

the following have been suggested??

skywatcher mercury 705(az3)
star travel-80(eq1)
skyhawk 1145p (may be a bit big technical????)
capricorn-70(eq1)

any further that should be in the mix, any recommendations/pitfalls greatfully received.

Thanks to anyone who can assist/point me in the right direction

[nellyleelephant]

Is it for you, or a present? If it's for you secondhand will get you a lot more for your cash.

[magpie215]

A present I really have no clue at all really :-)

[Daxed]

Take a read through the 2 or 3 continuing astronomer / telescope threads as this question is often addressed.

My comments on basically the same question can be found here:- http://www.pistonheads.com/xforums/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Whilst I obviously haven't used every budget telescope on the market, I have owned/used several, they were all without exception garbage.

[2fast748]

Try here:

http://www.meteorwatch.org/telescopes-beginners-ea...