beginner help needed (starting out, astrophotography)

I want to get into astronomy and especially astrophotography-- be able
to take photos of galaxies and nebulas and such. What sort of pocket
change will I be looking at to buy a descent telescope, tripod, GPS/
etc to locate and zoom in on interesting objects like that, camera
adapater, etc? I could see budgeting up to say $5000 if needed.

Five years back or so I made the mistake of buying a cheap ass
telescope, I do not want to do that again. I want to buy whatever it
takes. Of course I will try to find a sky party, look at any scopes I
can get my hands on, but I do not live in a large city. So any
suggestions on the type of scope to get, etc. appreciated greatly. I
do own a Celestron 50x binoculars and am working on learning
constellations, but I want to get into a nice scope, photography.

I already own a Canon digital EOS 10D and it would be nice if there
was a way to attach that somehow to a telescope for taking pictures.

On Aug 3, 9:47 am, " wrote:
I want to get into astronomy and especially astrophotography-- be able
to take photos of galaxies and nebulas and such. What sort of pocket
change will I be looking at to buy a descent telescope, tripod, GPS/
etc to locate and zoom in on interesting objects like that, camera
adapater, etc? I could see budgeting up to say $5000 if needed.

Five years back or so I made the mistake of buying a cheap ass
telescope, I do not want to do that again. I want to buy whatever it
takes. Of course I will try to find a sky party, look at any scopes I
can get my hands on, but I do not live in a large city. So any
suggestions on the type of scope to get, etc. appreciated greatly. I
do own a Celestron 50x binoculars and am working on learning
constellations, but I want to get into a nice scope, photography.

I already own a Canon digital EOS 10D and it would be nice if there
was a way to attach that somehow to a telescope for taking pictures.


Try sci.astro.amateur. They're a lot more into talking about
astromomy equipment over there.

Best of luck.

Double-A

On Aug 3, 12:14 pm, Double-A wrote:
Try sci.astro.amateur. They're a lot more into talking about
astromomy equipment over there.


Thank you, will do.