#Budget of $2100

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remote mesa
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Thats a very good budget

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You can buy from astroshop

round scaffold
remote mesa
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Yea

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Ur budget allows an eqm35/eq5 pro with either a 130pds or a 150pds with a coma corrector and maybe an astrocam depending on how much or gonna have left

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If not a dslr is still good

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Also look used stuff.!!!

round scaffold
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Yeah i have been thinking of getting the 150p with the eq5 pro synscan

remote mesa
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150 pds

round scaffold
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I meant pds srry ik it has better forcus

remote mesa
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Oh and guiding too

round scaffold
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focus*

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Guiding camera?

remote mesa
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And guide scope

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Shouldn't be too expensive

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But note that you need to power the rig and you need to control it... with a laptop or a mini pc

round scaffold
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Yeah i already have a laptop and a Nikon 3200 which i mainly use for like school

remote mesa
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You can get guiding in the future tho

round scaffold
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Yeah i dont think my budget is big enough for guiding right now

remote mesa
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The d3200 will probably work fine. You are a beginner after all

round scaffold
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yeah

remote mesa
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Feel free to buy more stuff in the future

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Btw can you buy used

round scaffold
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Not really there isnt a lot of people in denmark that sell astrogear

remote mesa
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Do you have a big enough astro market

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Oh ok

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Yeah gotta buy new then

round scaffold
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Yeps

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But thanks so much man

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Really helpful

remote mesa
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But you can wait for others to get their opinion

round scaffold
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Yeah it is a lot of money for me so i need to be 100% sure

lofty matrix
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Guiding is like $200

pseudo knoll
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Will this be your first setup?

round scaffold
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but yeah it would be other than an bad visual newtonian

lofty matrix
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Cem25 700
Rc51 700
294mc 700

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And then just zero accessories

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Maybe 500 more for computer, power, and cables

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Could just use dslr and get cam later

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Refractors are just easier to maintain and smaller

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And no rxpensive coma corrector

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Instead expensive field Flattener or get a quad

mighty pewter
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The redcat alone costs 1k in eu

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The 294 1500,-

remote mesa
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he doesnt

mighty pewter
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Ok wait

hearty garnet
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look into quattro 150

mighty pewter
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@round scaffold

EQ5 Pro 1000 EU

Polar scope illuminator 50EU

Fma 180 Pro 525 EU

Canon eos 70D Modified, 400EU
(here in germany is a store who sells refurbished and Modified dslrs, i bought my 70Da there, as you are in EU there wouldnt be a big tax on Import)

T2 Ring abt 30EU

Intervalometer abt 30EU

Dew Heater abt 30EU

Thats a save match under your Budget, it comes up to 2060, leaving eventually enough room for expenses like shipping

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As you would do widefield Guiding is unimportant for now, you can add it later on

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I read that you alr have a dslr, then these are your possible Options:

  1. Option: Better scope: flatfield apo like the 61EDPH instead of : 70D and FMA180Pro

  2. Option: Other Better telescope : 150 Quattro instead of : 70D and FMA180PRO

  3. Option: Better Mount: Heq5 instead of : 70D and EQ5 Pro

  4. Option: Add Guiding for future Telescopes, for that you would need a Cable for the DSLR, a Guidescope and the guidecam:

Guidescope: Svbony Miniguidescope 100,-
Guidecam: 120mm Mini 219

You would have about 80 additional EUR for other Equipment like Cables, Dewheater, Bahtinov mask

lapis shell
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Why not eq5 pro with 150 quatro

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You have money for guiding too

mighty pewter
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the whole calculation makes no sense now kekw

steep reef
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the 150p f4 needs some collimation tools to make life possible with it.

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nickle and dime bits and bobs is a bigger investment than you think

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but the big aperture fast newtonian is a crash course into nerdhood. need to massage it perfect and you are literally speedrunning fotons into the sd card

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fracs are more straight forward though. they just work

mighty pewter
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EQ5 Pro 1000Eur

Skywatcher Quattro 629Eur

Guidescope: 140Eur

Guidecam: 219Eur

Cheshire Collimation Eyepiece: 34Eur

2.111Eur in total

You wouldnt have enough budget for:

Dewheater
Cables
Battery dummy

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And ofc youd have to learn a bit about Collimation

lapis shell
mighty pewter
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Imo id go for my first recommended rig

lapis shell
mighty pewter
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especially at the start you want to have something simple and streight forward as @steep reef said

lapis shell
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I don't agree

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He can't sell

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Hes stuck with it then

mighty pewter
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I can only speak for myself but i tried with the 200P and 150PDS and they are just to big

lapis shell
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So it doesn't matter what hes gonna buy hes gonna learn to use it

mighty pewter
lapis shell
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Denmark

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He said he can't

mighty pewter
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Denmark is litteraly a neighbour of germany

steep reef
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I just collimated my 150p perfect

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Put it on the bed and picked it back up

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Its off again

mighty pewter
steep reef
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is there still the Z61 for sale without a flattener?

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in this discord

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really good scope

mighty pewter
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He could also just buy from german used market ...

steep reef
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looks like its just gone

mighty pewter
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It just sold

steep reef
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WO scopes are too expensive brand new for mainland EU

mighty pewter
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Yeah

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My scope arrives thursday, finally ... i had no telescope for almost a month

lofty matrix
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Oh Denmark

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Well I could buy everything and ship it to you

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But that doesn’t sound very safe

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Or fast

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Or good

steep reef
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might be a unpopular opinion. but small trackers are a great way to learn the sky since it makes you point manually and plan ur shoots/targets. but they are useless after you want to go bigger eventually

lofty matrix
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Get tscfapo70

steep reef
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zero room to grow

mighty pewter
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Youd still have to pay shipping costs tho

lofty matrix
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NOKI IS SELLING TWCFAPO70

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If e just tsoptics

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It’s in Germany

mighty pewter
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Ye thats good, ment from usa

lofty matrix
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Noki is in Canada tho

lapis shell
lofty matrix
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No room to put anything bigger on the mount

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You’d have to buy a new mount

mighty pewter
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Swa gti + redcat would also be possible

remote mesa
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True

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If thats the FL he wants

round scaffold
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So much happened while i was sleeping. But thank yall so much for your opinions

mighty pewter
round scaffold
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I have to take a bit of time to think about it

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But there are a lot of good options

mighty pewter
round scaffold
mighty pewter
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They are ok, Teleskop express is better imo

round scaffold
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Which is a little bit sketch

mighty pewter
round scaffold
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But which of the options would you recommend

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If you had to

mighty pewter
# round scaffold But which of the options would you recommend

The last one is small and portable, thats imo the best option for starters, as its grab and go. That one would be a good choice but you almost need a modified dslr for widefield as most of the nebula regions are in Ha, and you cant put a newton on it later, i would go for the first Option i recommended. Its widefield, has a modified Dslr, you can upgrade later, no need for guiding for the start

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  1. Neq5 Pro + Fma 180 Pro + 70D(A)
  2. swsa gti + redcat
  3. Neq5 + 150 Quattro + Guiding
    You can test the Fov in Stellarium or Telescopius.com

They are both rather widefield which is great but the first one is better, you will be able to pull really much Ha signal

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Or if you want to go deeper you can go for Neq5 + 150 Quattro + Guiding, also a great rig

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I ranked them on my personal preference but you can choose

round scaffold
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Would you know where to get a astromoded dslr

mighty pewter
round scaffold
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do you have an url

mighty pewter
# round scaffold do you have an url

https://www.ebay.de/itm/285237240470?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=707-127634-2357-0&ssspo=YmujnI9XQg6&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=uv8k_h7bteg&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

They are also present at a Astro forum, but i bought mine also there, just write them how it is with cross border shipping, they also have many different dslr, mainly canon but i have exact same one and can recommend them, if you ask them they would probably also tell you the shutter count astroThumbsUp

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round scaffold
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Thank so much for the help

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I will be looking into it

steep reef
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That is close to imx585 prices though

mighty pewter
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No problem, but they are all great setups to start into the hobby

mighty pewter
mighty pewter
steep reef
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I found focusing with a dslr display a real pain 😄 but thats just me

mighty pewter
steep reef
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imaging with a laptop. Dont need a intervalometer

mighty pewter
steep reef
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dslr is has al the basics though

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Storage, display, battery

mighty pewter
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The 70d is really awesome, i have a dedicated and i still use it to image, and i will not sell it, never

steep reef
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What i really like about astrocams is. Looping short exposures to platesolve and such

mighty pewter
mighty pewter
round scaffold
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Ima have to think about it

mighty pewter
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Ye, when you have decided

lapis shell
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Imo you should go for the i