Celestron Astro master 130 EQ | Astrobiscuit | Page 1

latent oasis Jul 11, 2023, 10:23 PM

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Just want to know if this is a good telescope to get into astrophotography with

stark eagle Jul 11, 2023, 10:25 PM

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far from good in general, especially bad for astrophotography

latent oasis Jul 11, 2023, 10:30 PM

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Oh that’s a shame, thank you though

ivory otter Jul 12, 2023, 5:01 AM

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theres often a misconception between astrophotography and visual astro

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astrophotography is the actualy photography and visual is looking through tthe eye piece

opaque forum Jul 12, 2023, 5:48 AM

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latent oasis Oh that’s a shame, thank you though

Planetary or deep space photography? What’s your maximum budget?

latent oasis Jul 12, 2023, 6:50 AM

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Ideally deep space photography but I know it is expensive, I don’t have a lot of money I am a broke university student lol @opaque forum

opaque forum Jul 12, 2023, 6:51 AM

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You can get a very solid setup for about $1200 ish with some used gear.

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You can also start out with a basic DSLR and a cheap star tracker, however i used this gear and quickly outgrew it.

latent oasis Jul 12, 2023, 9:05 AM

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Could you provide any links to things your suggest I honestly don’t know a lot

opaque forum Jul 12, 2023, 10:53 AM

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Whats your budget?

hushed saddle Jul 12, 2023, 11:01 AM

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Get a skywatcher 150p if it's in your budget

opaque forum Jul 12, 2023, 11:16 AM

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nah you also need the mount for one. the dob isnt amazing for astrophotography

hushed saddle Jul 12, 2023, 3:13 PM

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Yeah with eq3

latent oasis Jul 12, 2023, 5:51 PM

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I could probably spend about £500 at the moment

ivory otter Jul 12, 2023, 10:21 PM

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Honestly, get a dslr/mirrorless and a tripod along with a star tracker

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If dso is all you want, that's all you need

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Or if you want to save money, dslr and tripid

atomic idol Jul 13, 2023, 12:49 AM

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latent oasis I could probably spend about £500 at the moment

There's quite a few startracker for like 250 on the used market. Decent DSLR and prime telephoto lens could, with a bit of searching and patience, work out for the rest of the budget.

latent oasis Jul 13, 2023, 3:06 PM

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I have the Celeste on 4se mount at home but I can never get the computerised mount to work so its never been able to track

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