GoodOleJim

This sounds like it's exactly what I'm looking for. I'm having trouble finding it on the internet. Do you have a link?

That's actually the one I have bookmarked right now. I've heard nothing but incredible things about it, and the pictures hold up to the reputation.

I'm very well versed in telescopic photography, but am new to dslr work. I'm looking for a nice and sturdy tripod and a couple good lenses for my dslr. I have a nice dslr, a Canon 80D, and want to pair a couple good lenses for milky way and night photography with it. Does anyone have any experience here? Thank you! Jim

Hello fellow star gazers. I have a student that wants to upgrade her current setup. She wants to see more from nebula, as this current setup isn't quite powerful enough to handle it, she wants the next step up. Her current setup is this. https://www.amazon.com/Orion-SpaceProbe-Equatorial-Reflector-Telescope/dp/B00D05BKOW What suggestions would you go with? I think she's ready for an intermediate setup. She's proven to be ready to move up from this beginner's model. Thank you for all of your help! Clear Skies, James

A thing of beauty, ain't it? What spurred the question was the new stars in its center. It didn't make sense to me since stars need cold temperatures to start the process.

Question of curiosity! The Orion Nebula is an H II diffuse nebula. I long hear sources saying that Orion is still a birth place of new stars, but is it not too hot to still complete this process? To my knowledge star formation mainly occurs in dark nebulae where temperatures reach fairly close to absolute zero? Where am I wrong?

Indeed. The mount is pretty ideal here. I'm gathering information still on our preferences for viewing, though I'd like to focus mainly on lunar and planetary viewing. Really we just need something we can control remotely! I've bookmarked all of your suggestions. Right. Real time astronomy is what we're striving for. Our budget is pretty wide open right now, but don't want to spend above our needs. Based on our needs, we'll need the mount, telescope, and camera capable of real time viewing.

Hello fellow stargazers! I'm more of a lurker on this site, but the time has come where I need to ask some advice! I'm an earth science teacher with a lot of astronomy experience, just not much with motorized mounts. We're looking to put a telescope on the roof of our school. We've picked out a motorized observatory for a telescope, but we'd like a telescope that can be controlled via computer so we can control it from the classroom. We would more than likely need tracking software and such. Our school is pretty new, so when it was being designed we had tubing put in that leads to the roof for this reason, so cords will not be an issue. The observatory can hold up to a 10" telescope based on its side. Do any of you know of anything that would fit these needs? I can think of some telescopes that I really like, but I'm out of my element when it comes to motorized tracking. Thank you so much! James