Hey all! I've been thinking about getting a telescope but I have no clue where to start. I've talked to my friend about what to get and he suggested a Bresser Pollux 150/1400 EQ3 with some additional equipment. I'd like to ask if this is a good telescope and I'm also open to suggestions. Moreover my budget is around 800$. Thank you in advance!
Good telescope for a beginner
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What do you want to use it for?
The Bresser Pollux 150/1400 is a good Newtonian Telescope of Reflector type and since you have an EQ3 Mount, it will be good for visual astronomy only. You should get a good view of Planets, Moon, some major stars with the same. A good combination of Eyepieces and Barlows should help in getting good view of rings of Saturn or Jupiter and its Moons etc.
However it will not work for Astrophotography as you will need a proper motorised GOTO mount. The EQ3 GOTO version will not work as it uses a ST4 interface for guiding which has limitations on long exposures.
There are other equivalent scopes either Newtonian or Dobsonian from Skywatcher or Celestron which can give you good results for visual Astronomy within your budget
Hope this helps and happy Night Sky gazing
However it will not work for Astrophotography as you will need a proper motorised GOTO mount. The EQ3 GOTO version will not work as it uses a ST4 interface for guiding which has limitations on long exposures.
There are other equivalent scopes either Newtonian or Dobsonian from Skywatcher or Celestron which can give you good results for visual Astronomy within your budget
Hope this helps and happy Night Sky gazing
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Aloke Palsikar:
The Bresser Pollux 150/1400 is a good Newtonian Telescope of Reflector type and since you have an EQ3 Mount, it will be good for visual astronomy only. You should get a good view of Planets, Moon, some major stars with the same. A good combination of Eyepieces and Barlows should help in getting good view of rings of Saturn or Jupiter and its Moons etc.
However it will not work for Astrophotography as you will need a proper motorised GOTO mount. The EQ3 GOTO version will not work as it uses a ST4 interface for guiding which has limitations on long exposures.
There are other equivalent scopes either Newtonian or Dobsonian from Skywatcher or Celestron which can give you good results for visual Astronomy within your budget
Hope this helps and happy Night Sky gazing
You don't necessarily need a GoTo mount for astrophotography!! What the OP needs is a German Equitorial mount if they want to use a telescope for imaging!!
In regards to the OP's original question, if you want a telescope for imaging then I started with the Sky Watcher Evolux 62ED and still use it despite having a larger scope!!
Aloke Palsikar:
However it will not work for Astrophotography as you will need a proper motorised GOTO mount. The EQ3 GOTO version will not work as it uses a ST4 interface for guiding which has limitations on long exposures.
Both are NOT true.
Thank you all for the suggestions! To clarify I want to use the telescope for visual astronomy and then maybe get into astrophotography.
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Dajka Botond:
Thank you all for the suggestions! To clarify I want to use the telescope for visual astronomy and then maybe get into astrophotography.
A Dobsonian is probably the cheapest, most practical and intuitive way into visual astronomy. A 6 inch provides good views of a range of deepsky objects as well as the moon and planets.
If your intention is to just try some imaging out in a simple and easy way then a good option would be a goto dobsonian. This is not suitable for long exposures but works just fine for planets, the moon and even deepsky stuff up to 15 min or so --- which is ample to show galaxies and nebulae etc which are not visible visually.
I started both visual and electronic astronomy with a dob and was more than happy with that set up.
Tim
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HI, All
It depends on what you want it for, but if I had to choose one to start with, I would say REDCAT51
why :telescope petzval Does not require a flattener, accepts full frame and APS-C, ( 43.2 mm image circle ) easy to transport, lightweight, accepts a very large RMS error
acceptable price vs quality, and WIFD, M48 and M54 adapters ,rotator, built-in tilt adjuster, and a combo dust cover/ Bahtinov mask
CS
Brian
It depends on what you want it for, but if I had to choose one to start with, I would say REDCAT51
why :telescope petzval Does not require a flattener, accepts full frame and APS-C, ( 43.2 mm image circle ) easy to transport, lightweight, accepts a very large RMS error
acceptable price vs quality, and WIFD, M48 and M54 adapters ,rotator, built-in tilt adjuster, and a combo dust cover/ Bahtinov mask
CS
Brian
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