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fossil vault Jan 17, 2023, 5:51 PM

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Hello everyone!

I am in the process of buying a 2. telescope and I am kind of lost. With my current telescope I am able to see the moon and some planets. But I would like to step it up a bit and start gazing nebulas and galaxies and take pictures of them. I already have Star adventurer 2i pro (I took pictures with my camera) but now I would like a versatile telescope to fit all my needs. I am aware that there is no such thing for my budget of around 700 euros, but still if anyone has any recommendations in that direction I would be really grateful.

Thanks in advance.

pallid acorn Jan 17, 2023, 6:11 PM

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Can't do visual and astrophotography at the same time for that budget unfortunately

jaunty kelp Jan 17, 2023, 6:11 PM

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What is your current telescope? Since you already have a small mount maybe getting a small refractor for astrophotography is a good idea? Im not a DSO astrophotography person through.

pallid acorn Jan 17, 2023, 6:12 PM

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You have to decide what you want, visual or astropotography

fossil vault Jan 17, 2023, 6:20 PM

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I know, I know, I understand. In that case I am always leaning more towards visual.

fossil vault Jan 17, 2023, 6:22 PM

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jaunty kelp What is your current telescope? Since you already have a small mount maybe getti...

My old current telescope is sky-watcher capricorn 70mm F/900.

pallid acorn Jan 17, 2023, 6:32 PM

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fossil vault I know, I know, I understand. In that case I am always leaning more towards visu...

What i would do is get an used dslr and an used dobsonian. If buying used telescopes isn't available for you you can buy new

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The dslr will be good for deepsky astrophotography and the dobsonian will be good for visual use

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With the star adventurer you can't realllyyy image galaxies, because most are small and require more focal lenght anyways

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Which the star adventurer doesn't really allow

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Now that i read ur text u said u have a camera, is that a dslr?

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It's going to be tricky then, because a decent telescope for astrophotography is 700€, and you won't be able to use it for visual

fossil vault Jan 17, 2023, 6:37 PM

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Yes my camera is a dslr. That's why everything is either or hah.

frank quiver Jan 19, 2023, 5:18 PM

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@fossil vault I had the same issues as you and here's what I did:
I bought the heritage 130 dob and an asi224mc

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450€ total

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+barlow if you want

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It's untracked so short subs only though...

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With 700€ you could buy a better dob and a camera with a larger sensor

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Here's what I've been able to do with it

wheat coyote Jan 24, 2023, 9:14 PM

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frank quiver <@690868870088491058> I had the same issues as you and here's what I did: I boug...

u got that with 130p? jesus gj

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