Hi, Am new to astronomy and need some advice

[Feral Rabbit]

Hi and welcome to the forum. They're a friendly lot here and you will be amazed at the amount of knowledge these guys have in all departments of our hobby.

[choochoo_baloo]

Welcome to this excellent forum. Keep asking questions!

[Dark Lawton]

Welcome to the forum.

With respect to Maureen Lipman, not every 'ology is a science. You might want to check your thread title.

Edit: looks like a helpful mod has taken care of it now.

Hi with the choice of telescopes I posted I was wanting  to look at the planets mainly but other stuff too like deep space

[Dark Lawton]

Celestron NexStar 4 SE,

Celestron NexStar 127 SLT Mak,

Celeston Nexstar 130 slt​

SkyWatcher Star Discovery 150P,​

skywatch skymax 127 syncscan​

Hi with the choice of telescopes I posted I was wanting  to look at the planets mainly but other stuff too like deep space

[Dark Lawton]

Hi with the choice of telescopes I posted I was wanting  to look at the planets mainly but other stuff too like deep space

anyone any advise on the last few posts I put

thanks

[Bizibilder]

If you start a new thread in the "Getting Started - help and Advice" section of the forum I'm sure you will get plenty of replies. 

[Hitman77]

Hi there from Edinurgh - don't know about all your chices but I started with a manual 150p on an eq3 and it really does give some amazing views of planets and more distant objects. I decided pretty early on that astro-photography was not for me and I decided to upgrade to a big Dobsonian as you get more aperture for your money. As said above the alt/az will let you do a little AP but for more serious work an eq mount is a must.

I found it really difficult to make a decision on what I wanted in the beggining as well - Might I suggest getting in touch with a local astronomy club as there is usually a bunch of different set ups which you can have a look at and see what fits for you. Best of luck

Andy