gtfreight

Thanks all. Definitely food for thought. 🙂

Thanks for mentioning UKAB&S I haven't heard of that.

My budget is around £400. I'm looking at GOTO. I have a garden.

Thanks for all your help, I was wrongly thinking that I could just put a camera in front of the eyepiece and take pictures. I think the way to go for me is to get started with a telescope first and see where the hobby takes me.

So it seems that my intended telescope will not be suitable for photography, is there anything in my price range with similar performance that will do?

Thank you.

I am near to getting my first "decent beginners telescope" and I'm hoping it will be a "Skywatcher Star Discovery 150P GOTO Parabolic Reflector Telescope" but they are on back order and the shop nearest to me will not let me pre order as they aren't 100% sure when the next stock will arrive. Another option I have is a used "Celestron Nexstar 130 SLT GOTO Telescope" which I am very tempted to buy also. I have a bridge camera, will this be suitable for photography with these scopes? I've done a little research and can only find DSLRs with an adapter and special webcams being used. If possible I would rather not go to the expense of buying DSLR camera. As a total novice I'm presuming that these scopes will be suitable for taking pictures through, if not any advice would be greatly appreciated.

That's what I was thinking.

I think I'm going to go for this 150 in the review but I can only find the wifi version which I don't want. Does anyone know where they are for sale?

Thanks, I'll have a look at that when I get home from work.🙂

I am now actually looking at a "Skywatcher Star Discovery 150P GOTO Parabolic Reflector Telescope" which has the "Freedom Find" feature. Am I correct in thinking this is a similar but bigger and better version of the 130 I was looking at?

Thank you.

I have just been talking to Simon at Harrison Telescopes and he has informed me of things I wasn't even aware of. When I was looking at the sky with my £20 jobbie I was looking through my front window which I now know this is a big no-no. He also said that the 130 I'm looking at is more suitable for deep space. This is a hobby my wife and I are looking at doing together and I'm not sure how keen she'll be outdoors in the winter months. The model with the wifi built in was also mentioned which is now worth considering. I also enquired about a 150 and Simon said that it would be a good option but where do you stop and they quickly get heavier also. I'm getting more confused the more I research this hobby.

Lots of food for thought, thank you. I will give The Widescreen Centre a bell later on today. Watch this space.🙂