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Anyone know anything about scopes for sky gazing. I want to buy myself budget scope for observing the night sky and hopefully taking some decent photos eventually. I've been looking around and there are loads out there. I don't want to spend more than 250-350 quid and I have worked out I need an equatorial mount and at least an 80mm objective but I can't decide between refractive or reflective or anything else. All the reviews are a mix of 5 star and 1 star (I usually only read the poor reviews).
Yes I know I can go on a nerd star gazer forum but I would trust a recommendation from someone here who actually uses one than a technical diatribe on collimation and spherical aberration.
We are moving to a new house in Portugal, and there is a good terrace and a reasonably dark ambience. Skies are usually clear too.
Yes I know I can go on a nerd star gazer forum but I would trust a recommendation from someone here who actually uses one than a technical diatribe on collimation and spherical aberration.
We are moving to a new house in Portugal, and there is a good terrace and a reasonably dark ambience. Skies are usually clear too.