bazzab Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 Hi all. Want to buy my mate a telescope for his birthday. He's never used one really. Has been to a few places and used professional jobbies. Would like him to be able to see as much as possible and attach a camera/ dslr to it. Sooooo..... What can you recommend? Have a budget of 150/200 I know I won't be buying hubble for that!!!! Thanks in advance... Bazza. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Me matt Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 I've got a 90mm sky watcher, good enough starter scope, can see Saturn's rings quite well and Jupiter and it's moons quite well-cost £160 so within your budget 👍 comes with additional lenses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bear-uk Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 Can't recommend anything, only give some advice. I bought some fancy looking scope from a local auctions for about £30. It was half decent and cost well over £150 when new. 1st thing I found is you need different eyepieces off different magnifications, as those bright dots in the sky you can see by naked eye, are still bright dots when looking through the scope. Only thing I could see properly was the Moon and you need a filter for that. Its quite an eye opener as to how fast those Stars move when viewing with a scope. Plenty of advice on a dedicated Astronomy site as what is a good Telescope. As for mine it went back to a different auctions for a small profit. Done that and wont do it again and don't want a T shirt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovercoupe Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 Does he have a nikon dslr? If so its pointless trying to get it on a telescope. I have a nice skywatcher compact scope and its pretty good. Less fuss that a mirror. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazzab Posted April 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 Been looking at the skywatcher bits. They look Bob on. Think I'll for a demo at jessops. Thank you chaps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted April 24, 2017 Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 Astral and Terrestrial scopes are two different things, which do you want? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevo Posted April 24, 2017 Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 You also need to keep in mind. If you what to any kind of long exposure photos you will need a decent mount with computer tracking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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