![]() Was wondering what would be the best telescope out there in the 500dollar budget range to view planets and some deep space. ![]() Take a look at the Astro Tech line from Astronomics (small discount for CN members). Orion StarSeeker IV 80mm GoTo Refractor without ControllerĪny of the Celestron SLT series, a refractor, a Newtonian or a Maksutov for $419 to $549. Many of us have owned used scopes, often from ads here at CN. But a clever guy might work out how to use the Celestron app with a Dob. It won't be a go to or have motors, you point it and you move it to track. A Dob or Dobsonian is a true Newtonian mounted on a simple base, it will be the most scope you can buy for the money. If you buy a true Newtonian, that is a scope with two mirrors and no extra lens in the path almost anything you buy will be a step up in quality. This is accomplished by putting a lens in the focuser and that compromises the image quality. ![]() The 24" physical length of the tube is much shorter than its 39" focal length. So now that you have seen the answers so far what do you think? Your current scope is a frankly low end design called a Bird - Jones. Well even with a budget of $500 I’ve found it’s always blown out of the water!?and when I decided come back into Amateur Astronomy I spent closer double that as certain accessories seem to go a miss at times which you will always need and unaware of at that specific time when you puchase the scope.yes i agree a 6-8” dob might be the best weapon of choice for you however I wouldn’t recommend if you don’t like a completely maintenance free kind of setup as you will need to collimate the scopes optics quite frequently with aligning the primary mirror to the secondary!?thay are generally ok if you don,t move them around to much however if thay are constantly moved let’s say frequently to different sight locations a reasonable hands on approach doesn’t go a miss however once you have attempted this a couple of times it’s really not that hard to do as you can puchase gadgets and gizmos which can aid you and make life a lot easier for you.however with a relatively a small $500 budget you might be able to pick up something more substantial on the classifieds sections on CNĮdited by Supernova74, 08 April 2021 - 03:10 AM.
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