No, not watching for phoney 'celebs'! The cosmos!
I've always had an interest in things astronomical. And as Sir Patrick Moore once said 'if you cant tell mars from uranus, you arent borrowing my telescope any more! So, been thinking about buying a scope since last christmas but as I had to watch what I spent, decided to leave it for the time being.
Well, Im looking again and need recommendations for a good telescope to start my star gazing with. Two I've looked at are the Celestron 4 se at around £379
Celestron NexStar 4 SE Telescope
and the Celestron 5 se at around £629
Celestron NexStar 5 SE Telescope
Beauty of these and others I may add, is the computer gizmo that can navigate round the celestial sky for you which, Id imagine would be a boon for a beginner. As one gets more knowledgable, you'd obviously start navigating yourself if you wished.
Any one 'out there' into astronomy and got advice on telescopes to buy? Dont really want to go above £650. The ability to have the scope navigate around the sky (yes, I know you have to do the initial set up with most of them first), be able to take pictures via an attached camera would be nice as would linking the scope to a laptop.
Any ideas?
Ta.
I've always had an interest in things astronomical. And as Sir Patrick Moore once said 'if you cant tell mars from uranus, you arent borrowing my telescope any more! So, been thinking about buying a scope since last christmas but as I had to watch what I spent, decided to leave it for the time being.
Well, Im looking again and need recommendations for a good telescope to start my star gazing with. Two I've looked at are the Celestron 4 se at around £379
Celestron NexStar 4 SE Telescope
and the Celestron 5 se at around £629
Celestron NexStar 5 SE Telescope
Beauty of these and others I may add, is the computer gizmo that can navigate round the celestial sky for you which, Id imagine would be a boon for a beginner. As one gets more knowledgable, you'd obviously start navigating yourself if you wished.
Any one 'out there' into astronomy and got advice on telescopes to buy? Dont really want to go above £650. The ability to have the scope navigate around the sky (yes, I know you have to do the initial set up with most of them first), be able to take pictures via an attached camera would be nice as would linking the scope to a laptop.
Any ideas?
Ta.
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