LewiSci

Thank you for taking the time to reply to me. That sounds pretty uncomfortable to be having to be on a stepladder - excuse my ignorance but I assume this would be just when the object is directly overhead? I have some eyepieces that came with my other scope and also a celestron kit which included: 15mm Kellner eyepeice 6mm Plossl Eyepiece 2 x Barlow lens 80A blue planetary filter 24 Red Planetary filter Moon Filter I'm wondering whether I would get better results with a smaller scope (10" maybe) and more eyepieces? Thanks,

Thank you, that is definitely something to consider - I will keep an eye out on the used pages.

Thank you - I have no issues moving it between the house and the garden/field for observing at home - I would however probably need to get the base dimensions to make sure it would go through the door! I want to fully embrace learning to navigate around the sky so not too interested in a goto at the moment. I was looking at the Skywatcher 300p which I believe is 12" and would need the shroud I guess. Telrad - noted will add that to the list. Thank you for the advice.

Hello everyone, glad to be here. I used to have a basic Celestron Astromaster 90EQ telescope and I was enjoying using it, only for visual not imaging. However disaster struck when my son managed to knock it over, and damaging it beyond repair. The scope has now gone to someone for spares. I am now in the position to replace this and want to go for something bigger and purely for observing, not imaging other than using a smartphone adapter for fun. My initial thoughts were to get a big dobsonian. I have good skies where I am (edge of the Peak District) and plan to take it further into the national park when time/weather allows. My budget is around ~£800 for the telescope and then another ~£200 for lenses/accessories. Would really appreciate some advice on what to do for the best. Thanks in advance, Lewis.