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Originally Posted by miskairal
As for the binoculars, I have used them before for land viewing and didn't take to them.
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Sky viewing is different experience from day on same gear. you don't explain WHY you didn't like them, you just seem to now discount the option based on one experience. Binos are a great tool for all astronomers. As for post processing of astrophotos as being fakery, again you show your assumption based on ignorance. Astrophotography can not be compared to regular photography. You rarely ever take a photo with a camera in astronomy, what you call post processing is where the photo is really taken. its NOT fakery or cheating in any way. This is the reality for everyone, even NASA. While you can use regular camera gear its not the right tool, nor is the mindset or understanding of photography much use to the astrophotographer. I really think you need to give it a try with what you've got, dont say you need a telescope because you dont , what you need is experience to comprehend what astrophotography means practically and software is free. A lot of astrophotographers never go beyond the free software because it does everything the need, so right now as you read this if you have a camera and camera tripod (maybe) you can start doing astrophotography with zero costs. Everything else like tracking mounts and OTAs are there to address limitations (there are always limitations regardless what you spend) but you can start with the basics of taking subs, darks and registering frames and stacking.