scope for a grand?

Just been showing some friends the night sky with my telescope. After the
initial raving and exlaming one of them, a woman, said she really wantd her
own, preferrably a computerised one - because she said, in open honesty, "I
dont want to know where stuff is, I just want to see the stuff" - and she
wants to spend up to a grand.

So, for a thousand pounds sterling, what should she buy? I have no idea...I
dont have a grand!

David

A computer controlled Dob ?


Joules

Guess so. Any particular brands to avoid or look for?

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A computer controlled Dob ?


Joules

A secondhand LX90? It's a nice 'all in one' unit that might appeal to
your friend and it would track unlike the Dob

Gaz

On or about 2005-04-23,
david illuminated us with:
Just been showing some friends the night sky with my telescope. After the
initial raving and exlaming one of them, a woman, said she really wantd her
own, preferrably a computerised one - because she said, in open honesty, "I
dont want to know where stuff is, I just want to see the stuff" - and she
wants to spend up to a grand.

So, for a thousand pounds sterling, what should she buy? I have no idea...I
dont have a grand!

An ETX 125 plus an eyepiece would fit the budget and is pretty easily
manageable, but she'd probably realise that a larger aperture would be
better eventually. Celestron C8-NGT plus a few more eyepieces? Maybe an
Orion Europa on a computerised mount if such an animal exists?

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