Anybody recommend a telescope that won’t cost a planet?

[Gremlin]

All very well and good, but can you post some examples of your neighbours wife undressing just to see what the resolution is like at close range please?

Unfortunately, one of the problems with astronomical telescopes is that the images appear upside down and hence you get a nasty crick in your neck when *testing* it as you describe.

 

[snorky]

I have a Skywatcher 200 dobsonian. It doubles up as great excercise carrying it out onto the patio! I found a laser collimator is a must cos it goes out of alignment when bumped about.

 

[remember arthur mann]

Unfortunately, one of the problems with astronomical telescopes is that the images appear upside down and hence you get a nasty crick in your neck when *testing* it as you describe.

 

[SPIDERBOY]

Getting back on topic....

Depends on your budget but I bought a version of the one in the link below a couple of years ago and it gives good results but you need to know what you are doing with processing images if you are interested in that sort of thing. There are cheaper and more expensive versions as well.

Skywatcher Explorer 130 EQ2 Telescope

130MM (5.1'') F/900 Newtonian reflector telescope on a manual EQ2 mount Good for Deep sky objects and the Moon

www.rothervalleyoptics.co.uk

A couple of examples that I have taken with it:

Took these a while back through my telescope.

 

[MadchesterCity]

Getting back on topic....

Depends on your budget but I bought a version of the one in the link below a couple of years ago and it gives good results but you need to know what you are doing with processing images if you are interested in that sort of thing. There are cheaper and more expensive versions as well.

Skywatcher Explorer 130 EQ2 Telescope

130MM (5.1'') F/900 Newtonian reflector telescope on a manual EQ2 mount Good for Deep sky objects and the Moon

www.rothervalleyoptics.co.uk

A couple of examples that I have taken with it:

Cool photos, how does it work, do you have to attach your own camera?

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Bought one a couple of months ago as an early xmas prezzie for myself from a charity shop as the skies tend to be pretty clear with little light pollution on the coast where we live.

Don't ask me it's specifications etc. It's been bought as a taster and was only £30 including tripod. We had to dismantle it to get it home in its own carry case so, it's mobile once built.

Once we get the tree & decorations out of the way I'll put it together and give it a go.

 

[Gremlin]

Cool photos, how does it work, do you have to attach your own camera?

Yes - I have a normal DSLR that can be attached using an adapter. For bright objects like the Moon you can take a single shot. For deep sky objects like galaxies and nebulae you need to take a few dozen shots and then 'stack' them using software which brings out the fainter details from the background noise (there are free programs that do this). For Jupiter and other planets you actually generally take video of a couple of minutes and again use software to stack the individual frames to bring out the details.

There are loads of websites out there that give far more detail on astrophotography techniques than I could do.

 

[deano ou812]

Fascinating but can you see Uranus.

 

[DrBlueBob]

Unfortunately, one of the problems with astronomical telescopes is that the images appear upside down and hence you get a nasty crick in your neck when *testing* it as you describe.

So @Bill Walker will be fine if he uses it?

 

[Bill Walker]

So @Bill Walker will be fine if he uses it?