Portable backup scope advice

[Andy38416]

Afternoon,

i’m booked to go to Kelling Heath in December and was thinking about taking a scope with me, now I don’t want to take my Nexstar 8SE with me, as cool as that would be, I have a toddler and a 8 month old baby so have to already take a lot of stuff with me in the car etc etc.
 

I was thinking of buying some incredibly portable and cheap as a good grab and go / travel scope. Originally was looking at the Celestron Travelscope 70, but wasn’t sure if it would almost be pointless given the vast difference in optics to my 8SE. So possibly the heritage 130p?

just after some suggestions or opinions if anyone has the travel scope. it’s £80 on amazon with a travel bag. Or maybe I should suck it up and take the 8SE for a chance to be at a proper dark site.

Edited September 11, 2020 by Andy38416

[Pixies]

A wide FOV might be of benefit at a dark site. To give you a chance to see some things you wouldn't be able to see with the C8?

[Rob_UK_SE]

Have you seen the new Heritage 150p? ... it looks great for grab and go as well for camping etc. At 6” aperture it’s also quite capable!

https://www.firstlightoptics.com/beginner-telescopes/sky-watcher-heritage-150p-flextube-dobsonian-telescope.html

... it is a little more costly though. 🤔

[Rob_UK_SE]

Duplicate post (ignore)

Edited September 11, 2020 by Rob_UK_SE

[Ruud]

I'd bring binoculars, they're also good for landscape, birds and other wildlife. Nice for day and night.

[callisto]

25 minutes ago, Ruud said:

I'd bring binoculars, they're also good for landscape, birds and other wildlife. Nice for day and night.

+1 for that

[Andy38416]

Thanks for reply’s. I’ll have a think and go from there.