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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Rondar on August 05, 2009, 01:54:59 PM
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Space....the final frontier. AKWabbit, I've been trying to forget your astronomy posts, but,alas, I love those pictures of celestial objects you show us.
I am a complete noob at astronomy. All I know is there is a ring around myanus :O , errr Uranus. Can you beam some good info to this thread and recommend a good telescope to start with, and also some accessories that a guy needs. And what about a camera? I'd like some info to chew on a bit. Thanks...Live long and prosper.
Ron (Rondar)
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Howdy,
Thats a complex question. Its depends on so many factors:
* your level of technical comfort
* the amount of time you are willing to dedicate
* the amount of money you are willing to commit
* whether you want to seriously want to get into photography or stick to just visual for now
* Whether you are interested in solar/lunar/planetary photography or deep sky photography, or both
* available storage, live in a house or 3rd floor apt?
* where you will be doing most of your observing (urban, suburban, rural, deep dark sky boondocks)
* etc...
Think on that and I'll pull together some stuff for ya.
Clear Skies,
Wab
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Well, here is the quick and dirty answer from another thread when someone asked this questions:
Well it all depends on the specifics of what you are interested in doing. However, if it were me, and I was just starting out...
If I was wanting to start astrophotography:
I'd get a decent Computerized 8" Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope on a wedge mount.
For a starter camera I'd go with something like Meade's "Deep Sky Imager Pro" for dim fuzzy targets and a cheap "Toucam Pro" for planetary stuff.
However, if I just wanted simplicity and only for visual observing:
I'd get the biggest Meade or Celestron Dobsonian I could afford. Apeture is king.
Follow this old thread for some more in-depth discussion:
http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,219824.0.html (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,219824.0.html)
I happy to discuss it further if you have specific questions.
:salute,
Wab