Re: Recommend a telescope (i'm so confused!)

From: Dennis Woos (dpwoos_at_gmavt.net)
Date: 01/11/05 

Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 14:45:53 -0500

> Dobs look good for the price. But they are so cheap which sort of
> scares me. Also the mount system looks like I have to manually move
> the scope which could make finding DSO a real burden. Is this correct?
> Astrophotography possible with these?

A newtonian/dobsonian provides views as good or better than same size scopes
of other designs, and their relative low cost makes them a tremendous value.
They are not easily adapted for astrophotography. Finding stuff is not a
big deal if you have access to reasonably dark skies, and in fact is a part
of astronomy that many observers (my sons and me included) enjoy a lot.

However, the best advice is to seek out an astro club local to you and
attend some star parties. You can look through all kinds of scopes and talk
about equipment and observing all night. Then, you can decide for yourself.

Dennis

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