RIPM

first of all, thank you all so much for the fast replies, i didnt expect to get so many in such short time! i hadnt check FLO as of writing this topic and now i feel kinda dumb, bigger stuff like a 150p are cheaper there than a Z114 in amazon, many more options now, so back to reading reviews, thank you for pointing that out. also, im already narrowing down a bit, it sure would be very, very exciting to look at saturns rings or make out the spot on jupiter but i find looking at stars to be so much more entrancing than i expected. i just cant wait to go see rural sky and try getting some looks at the messier catalogue and some nebulae! so i guess id rather get something "all purposey" but more aimed at deep sky, and id like to get some simple pictures every now and then to show my family, but i dont think ill get too invested in AP just yet, just looking at the monsters of setups some people have makes my wallet ache. dully noted, i've been reading some reviews by the people at Telescopicwatch.com where they rip most of celestron scopes to shreds due to all sorts of trouble, meanwhile these scopes have thousands of units sold and good reviews on places like amazon, you quickly realize its mostly beginners who never had previous experiences. i've never had any previous experience importing stuff from the us outside from amazon and ebay, where they handle everything for you anyways. i'll do some research into it then, but i would be very thankful if you could point me out to some page or forum where i could find such sales. this was my main issue, im not affraid of making my own stuff, ive done plenty of diy in my life thus far, but a scope feels different in the fact that i would never know if its working properly as i have little experience with telescopes, none with reflectors anyways. I ommited that i used to have, or well, my younger brother got for christmas a 50 mm bushnell refractor about 6 or 7 years ago, he never got that invested with using it (being like 8 or 9 years old), but i learned to calibrate the finderscope, got some understading on eyepieces and barlow lenses, and mainly used to look at the moon which was about the only thing i could locate with what i knew. as kids we were and as kids often do, stuff started to break or get lost, so i cant really do much with a fogged up department store tube with no eyepieces and a scratched up lens and AFAIK my binoculars are just better anyhow. its mostly a mature beginning, as my previous experience was when i was like 15 years old, so not much money or knowledge to "get serious". in the video and looking at forums on diy of course they mention the colimation setups, those are actually the parts you need to 3d print, but after reading these replies, i'll definitely buy a scope to have real experience before attempting to diy one. also noted, im very wary of the mounts now, back when i had the bushnell scope it came with this forked alt-az mount with a thumbscrew at each side on a rather spindly tripod, this mount was so bad im getting shivers just thinking back about it. im looking at dobsonians now for how simple they look to use but ive always been interested in equatorials (ever seen that one simpsons clip where bart is helping skinner with his astronomy and he just keeps telling bart hours, minutes, seconds and what not, along with "no sightings" for hours on end, it just looked so fun and it has lived in my head rent-free ever since) anyhow, any and all info on such gear would be welcome. whew, i got a bit carried away responding, then again im so glad for the replies in such short notice, thank you all for your advice! best regards, RIPM

Hello Everyone, i found this forum a couple days ago and ive been reading all sorts of incredible advice, im very new to stargazing and im already planning on getting a true telescope. Of course i followed some advice on starting and got me a pair of 15x70 Celestron Skymasters on a recent amazon sale, ive barely had them for a week, havent taken them outside my backyard in the middle of a very bright city in the 3 or 4 days where it hasnt been too cloudy to see anything, but looking at dots i know (through an app) are venus, mars, saturn, and some bright stars have got me jumping with excitement and scrambling to get my half-sleep family to see them too. of course, im plan to go "camp" at a ranch where light pollution seems to be way more optimal to see way more. The advice i read on starting stated that i should stick to the binos for about a year so i get familiar with the sky and measure how deep i am willing to get into astronomy, i plan on doing just that but im looking out for any good sale on a telescope mainly on amazon, as there isnt much of a telescope market here in Mexico. Reading reviews on some pages as well as this forum led me to narrowing my choices of equipment at arround $350 dollars both the zumell z114 and the Heritage 130p sound very nice to me, id prefer the bigger aperture, but i dont ive read about how the 130 gets way dirtier, needs a shroud to work properly, and it has a fiddly focuser, i may be new to the sky but i think i can learn to live with those "disadvantages" seeing how many good reviews and praises i have read for that scope typing "z114 vs heritage 130" in google led me to a topic on this very forum where the general consensus was to get the best of both in the Z130, "thats the one!" i said, its literally best of both worlds right? why would i look for anything else? maybe because it has almost 5x the price in amazon.mx for no reason at all, checked the price tracker and everything, $350 in the us and $1440 in mex, "thats not the one". i was deadset on the 130p then, but of course, the algorithms of youtube heed my plight and put forth a diy guide to make 6 in reflector off parts from ebay which doesnt even seem that hard, just a couple drillings on pvc, printing some 3d parts and glueing the mirrors, but the catch is i just cant seem to find the exact parts so some adjustments to the guide must be made. This in turn has led me throughout the rabbithole of diy scopes and tools like Newt for the web. if any of you have stuck with me thus far i commend you. The TL:DR is i want a telescope and im between buying a Skywatcher Heritage 130p if it ever goes on sale or attempting to make a 6in f/8.125 dob out of a mirror set from ebay and a trip to home depot and i would appreciate if someone could help me decide or give me some advice on the matter. lastly, im attaching the guide that im following in case someone wants to see it too, its in spanish however and i think i saw a reupload with an english title but without no voiceover, captions, links or files at all so i dont think its at all even worth to look for it. if i go through with it im looking at a 160mm mirror with a 1300mm focal length and a secondary of 35mm and im currently set on the sv181 focuser. anyhow, i look forward to any replies and hope this wasnt too bad of a first post. best regards, RIPM.