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Originally Posted by Saturnine
Welcome Tareq
Getting into astrophotography is both pleasure and pain, sometimes the gear just wont co-operate with each other but when it all comes together the results can be very pleasing. Do you have dark skies that you can access easilly, some of the light pollution maps of your area show a lot of skyglow in the area.
As for telescopes, if you really want a triplet apo to start with, a good one would be the 80mm or 100mm or 127mm Explore Scientific scopes. Do you have any telescope dealers in the UAE or would you have to import. The Skywatcher Espirit series is also good value.Also, what camera would you be using to image with.
Others may add more brands, of which there are many, as you probably know if you've been window shopping online already.
Good luck with your ventures in imaging, it can be fun.
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Hi Jeff,
Well, i know about the pain and the pleasure i will face if i get into this field, and i accepted the challenge, and i have t live with whatever i face, at the end the joy or pleasure of seeing decent results will wipe out any pain later.
I don't know if we have any dark skies nearby, but we have maybe by desert which is way way miles away from me and i will never drive for that, so i will only depend on my urban or my house's yard, and for light pollution issue all told me to go narrowbanding, so this is what i will do or i am doing, red zone at least so there is slight hope anyway.
Yes, i got those recommendations too, i was more thinking about Skywatcher and Stellarvue, I don't want Explorer Scientific brand, i prefer to go with FPL-53 over FCD-100 of ES one.
I was thinking about 80mm only as many recommended me this, but someone has Esprit 100mm and advised me to just pass that 80mm and go with 100mm, so i am not sure if i should look at 80mm or 100mm? i can't buy both, and i see many upgrade from 80mm to anywhere from 100 up to 120mm, so i feel that 80mm is mostly for beginner, but also with 100mm i can use a reducer if i want wider than 100mm, so i didn't decide which FL i should start or go with, i don't like to upgrade any soon which sounds i do most of the time if i don't have the one i desire due to budget or recommendations by others.
We have a dealer in my country, but this dealer is like a blade or a knife on an injury, they never have good prices, i cal always buy cheaper online than from them, also they don't have a lot of items we need, and if i ask them to import it for me then i will end up paying like %40-80 of the price online, so i just pass them and never look at them, i bought all my current equipment of astro from online, if i will buy the same in my country from any dealer available then i will end up paying nearly %75 more, for example i spent nearly $4000 let's say, the same items in my country will cost me nearly $6000-7000, i will never wonder if it will reach even %100.