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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

14 hours ago, DarkNorth said:

As I mentioned above AP is something for later on, I don't have the budget for a camera in the short term

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!

On 16/09/2018 at 11:27, Atreta said:

Hi, Louise. I just bought a creality ender 3 and I'm waiting for it to arrive. It's a good printer under 200 usd. There are a few videos on YouTube reviewing it. 

+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.