TheMan

If you ever have the time I think you might be interested in these articles, it is directed at beginners and should help point you in the right direction. (It helped me a lot with my first choice.) http://www.iceinspace.com.au/index.php?id=63,260,0,0,1,0 http://www.iceinspace.com.au/63-261-0-0-1-0.html

If you ever wanted to get into AP on the cheap you can try this setup. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Color-Astronomy-Camera-CMOS-Compact-Wide-angle-Lens-for-Guiding-Star-/202395249588 guide 75£ https://www.firstlightoptics.com/sky-watcher-az-gti-wifi/sky-watcher-az-gti-wifi-alt-az-mount-tripod.html mount 269£ https://www.rothervalleyoptics.co.uk/skywatcher-equatorial-wedge-for-star-adventurer.html wedge 45£ https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SVBONY-50mm-Multi-Use-Guide-Scope-Helical-Focuser-F4-FMC-CCD-Astronomy-Camera/283334919644?hash=item41f813c5dc:g:9vMAAOSwPYNcOAfl:rk:1:pf:1&frcectupt=true guidescope 49.99£ https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/M4-M5-M6-M8-A2-STAINLESS-STEEL-FLAT-POINT-GRUB-SCREWS-SOCKET-SET-SCREW-DIN-916/232246807222?hash=item3612fd0ab6:m:mVTmj0d_QwcMoTIlwQIxTFA:rk:2:pf:1&frcectupt=true M8 grub screw 16mm 1.40£ You can easily get a 2nd hand dslr with a kit lens and/or extra lens with the rest of the money.

If you really have your heart set on astrophotopgraphy later you might be able to get away with this if you put an eq wedge onto it https://skywatcheraustralia.com.au/product/130-az-gti-reflector-goto-wifi/. I'm not sure about the quality of the optics on that though...

I want one too!

+1 for the ender 3. I couldn't be happier with mine.

Last night I was super bored and cold while imaging so I thought I would bring out the old binoculars. I put my phone to the eyepiece and took 2 second exposures and stacked them in dss. I got 3 mins of integrated exposure time and I am really surprised with what I got. Forgive the overstretching.

These are some nice gradient removal. but GXT is paid and pixinsight LE is illegal to get, if you read the legal notes on it.

I use a dslr and a 72 ed f/5.5 refractor, I use photoshop cc 2017, i live in bortle class 8 close to 9 skies, yet it does no matter how many tutorials i watch i cannot remove these pesky GRADIENTS! I tried everything in the and yet i cannot remove the gradients. i tried doug germans tutorial, astrobackards tutorial and many others. i am saving for a field flattener and cannot buy astronomy tools for photoshop. any advice will be appreciated.