Hello All,
Looking to buy my wife a telescope as an upgrade for binoculars and as usual, is almost last minute dot.com
Not wanting to do astrophotograph with it, but I know she would like to be able to pick out the bands of Jupiter and the rings of Saturn, and maybe some DSO (if possible). 99% of the time will be back garden which has a light pollution level of details as noted:
Brightness 0.877 mcd/m2
Artif. bright. 706 μcd/m2
Ratio 4.13
So doing my research, I have been able to come up with the following telescopes that i can get hold of. Could you please advise on what you think is best? If you further suggestions, please do say:
Skywatcher Star Discovery P150
Orion Apex 127mm Maksutov-Cassegrain Telescope
Orion XT8
Celestron AstroMaster 130
Zhumell Z130
Many thanks
J