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Since I'm now looking to spend most of my budget on mount it seems, is this a decent scope to go with it?

https://www.firstlightoptics.com/startravel/skywatcher-startravel-120t-ota.html

16 minutes ago, PeterCPC said:

FLO has 4 in stock.

7 minutes ago, Budgie1 said:

As Peter says, the sponsor of this forum has 4 x EQ5's in stock but these are the basic version without motors. They also have 8x EQ5 Pro mounts in stock, which have motors on both axis and Go-To handset for locating and following targets. These are much better for astrophotography, if the extra cost is acceptable.  

These are nice mounts and I started astrophotography with the EQ5 Pro. 

I don't know what the extra cost would be to import one of these from the UK to Norway but FLO do deliver to Norway and here are the links: 

EQ5 - https://www.firstlightoptics.com/skywatcher-mounts/skywatcher-eq5-deluxe.html

EQ5 Pro - https://www.firstlightoptics.com/skywatcher-mounts/skywatcher-eq5-pro-synscan-goto.html 

I normally balk at importing anything expensive into Norway given the heavy import fees, but surprisingly, that's actually not going to be much more expensive then buying it domestically.  That doesn't happen often.  

Does the GoTo require any sort of connectivity? We often don't have any mobile coverage

2 hours ago, City9Town0 said:

How about removal of the IR filter or a modded DSLR as an intermediate step?

 

That was Christmas two years ago!

1 hour ago, PeterCPC said:

You need to think about a better mount first.

I had thought about a piecewise upgrade, getting a better mount and motor first 

https://www.kikkertspesialisten.no/products/sky-watcher-eq5

Something like this seemed sturdy enough, but I haven't been able to find one in stock anywhere.

We are up in the north of Norway. I have sort of resigned myself that getting equipment suitable for proper deep sky imaging is just not going to be possible this year. However, I wondered if there might be some cheaper options that are useful for learning and getting a few nice photos until better options become available.

Hello!

My husband has been doing some astrophotograpy with a simple motor driven EQ mount and his DSLR for a few years now. I would like to get him a telescope for Christmas. However, like most of the world, we are having supply chain issues and the available equipment in our country is a bit limited.  One of the available telescopes is a Celestron Astromaster 130EQ motor driven.  Is this a decent starter telescope for astrophography? Something that you can get nice pictures of the moon and planets and maybe some of the larger galaxies and nebula before upgrading in a year or so when hopefully better equipment is available? Do people have other recommendations? Budget is flexible.