beginner telescope

Dear all,

I would very much appreciate an advice for the telescope wich will
suit a beginner.

I am looking for a nice scope, preferrably in the range for $300 which
I can use to see clear and detailed images of moon and mars. Also, I
want to be able to see other planets of this system in a relatively
good detail. I also need to attach my camera to the telescope.

Thanks in advance for your responses.

Regards,

Sunimoto Sato

Look in another price range. Or see the ads at Hardin and Hands-On. But you
will need to do something about photography if you get a Dob, such as afocal
attachments and an EQ platform. Which still blows your price range.
Save up longer and get a good 8"-10" SCT...
Or a 5" MCT.


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I would very much appreciate an advice for the telescope wich will
suit a beginner.

I am looking for a nice scope, preferrably in the range for $300 which
I can use to see clear and detailed images of moon and mars. Also, I
want to be able to see other planets of this system in a relatively
good detail. I also need to attach my camera to the telescope.

Thanks in advance for your responses.

Regards,

Sunimoto Sato

Presuming you mean $300 US, you can get skywatcher (Synta) scopes in that
range. But accessories are needed if you want to use a camera such as an
adapter and motor drive . You must have a driven mount for any photos. The
GP-5, or CG5 mount is a good start. Most if not all scopes only come with a
20 or 25mm eyepiece. You'll have to have probably 3 EP's for a good start
for viewing too...20 or 25mm, 15mm plossl and 9 or 10mm. Expect to end up
spending 5 hundred US to get started.

Check this website to get an idea of medium quality scopes.

http://www.khanscope.com/Skywatcher%20Telescopes.htm

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Dear all,

I would very much appreciate an advice for the telescope wich will
suit a beginner.

I am looking for a nice scope, preferrably in the range for $300 which
I can use to see clear and detailed images of moon and mars. Also, I
want to be able to see other planets of this system in a relatively
good detail. I also need to attach my camera to the telescope.

Thanks in advance for your responses.

Regards,

Sunimoto Sato


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(Sunimoto Sato) wrote:
Dear all,

I would very much appreciate an advice for the telescope wich will
suit a beginner.

I am looking for a nice scope, preferrably in the range for $300 which
I can use to see clear and detailed images of moon and mars. Also, I
want to be able to see other planets of this system in a relatively
good detail. I also need to attach my camera to the telescope.

Thanks in advance for your responses.

Regards,

Sunimoto Sato

If they still sell them, then get a Meade ETX-90RA. It will do everything
you ask it to do for photography and for the moon and Mars. I't's a
wonderful planetary 'scope due to it's long focal length. Think of it as a
1250mm lens, and with a 90mm aperture. It sells for under $200 American,
and nothing can touch it for the price. Adapters for your camera will cost
extra, of course, but nowhere near what you would pay for a lens-only
1250mm.

The ETX-90RA is one of the true bargains in photography and astronomy. It's
that good.

doc

Read the above and use it as a guild.

Would it be ust as well to use it as a labor union?? Or perhaps as a guide??

Clear, Dark, Steady Skies!
(And considerate neighbors!!!)

I think that Apogee, Inc., may still have some of these, and at a great
price!


The price is good but the long focal length and 90mm aperture limits it
usefulness. The drive is adequate for planetary photos but then one can take
planetary photos with a dobsonian with no drive.

jon

They are all over eBay. . .

-=SkyHawke=-

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(Sunimoto Sato) wrote:
Dear all,

I would very much appreciate an advice for the telescope wich will
suit a beginner.

I am looking for a nice scope, preferrably in the range for $300 which
I can use to see clear and detailed images of moon and mars. Also, I
want to be able to see other planets of this system in a relatively
good detail. I also need to attach my camera to the telescope.

Thanks in advance for your responses.

Regards,

Sunimoto Sato

If they still sell them, then get a Meade ETX-90RA. It will do everything
you ask it to do for photography and for the moon and Mars. I't's a
wonderful planetary 'scope due to it's long focal length. Think of it as a
1250mm lens, and with a 90mm aperture. It sells for under $200 American,
and nothing can touch it for the price. Adapters for your camera will cost
extra, of course, but nowhere near what you would pay for a lens-only
1250mm.

The ETX-90RA is one of the true bargains in photography and astronomy.
It's
that good.

doc

Hi, in that price range I would get a decent achromatic refractor on an
equatorial mount. I couldn't find one I liked for $300, but I found this
one for a little over $400.00

http://www.telescope.com/shopping/pr...ProductID=1610

Take a look through the Orion catalog and take your time before you buy...
Good luck ...

"Sunimoto Sato" wrote in message
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Dear all,

I would very much appreciate an advice for the telescope wich will
suit a beginner.

I am looking for a nice scope, preferrably in the range for $300 which
I can use to see clear and detailed images of moon and mars. Also, I
want to be able to see other planets of this system in a relatively
good detail. I also need to attach my camera to the telescope.

Thanks in advance for your responses.

Regards,

Sunimoto Sato

I would suggest one of the Orion mak-cassegrain scopes -
(www.telescope.com) - their StarMax 90 is about $300 including a small
single axis drive, acceptable equatorial mount and aluminum tripod and nice
optical tube, all of which folds up very tightly. The optics are very good,
very nice planetary, lunar and deep sky detail. It is very portable (which
is why I bought it) weighing about 20 lbs with everything, and can be set up
and knocked down in about 5 minutes. Limitations on it - the mount is far
from rock solid and if you try to do astrophotography you are going to be
limited to using a very lightweight CCD camera (I use the Sac IVb) or afocal
on a separate tripod as the counterweight is quite light. Adding additional
weights to it will load the clock drive too much. But it is a very good
beginner or second scope and I've been reasonably happy with it.

L'chaim,
Neurothing