Question for any amateur stargazers
Looking at getting m'lady a telescope. Dont want to break the bank, looking for something which will be durable enough to travel with us full time next year and compact enough not to take over half t...
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Reflector for the stars, refractor for land and sea... that's about all I remember from my stargazing days.
I had tiny Meade 114mm equatorial reflector with the basic Autostar computer tracking system.
It was too small to handle cameras of that day.
Years later the Autostar was greatly improved using GPS in addition to guide stars.
The smaller compound reflectors could be set up on a table top, and had more advanced computers.
Camera connection is mainly dependant on the focuser construction, which is an easy part for manufacturers to cheap out on. A lightweight plastic or pot metal focus tube and plastic gears can't support a camera very well, and is hard to precisely adjust.
I had tiny Meade 114mm equatorial reflector with the basic Autostar computer tracking system.
It was too small to handle cameras of that day.
Years later the Autostar was greatly improved using GPS in addition to guide stars.
The smaller compound reflectors could be set up on a table top, and had more advanced computers.
Camera connection is mainly dependant on the focuser construction, which is an easy part for manufacturers to cheap out on. A lightweight plastic or pot metal focus tube and plastic gears can't support a camera very well, and is hard to precisely adjust.
