My 16 year old son wants to be a astrophysicist, and has been saving for a couple of years and is ready to buy his first telescope. We are after some hints/help please, below are the relevant things I can think of that might help in decision making:
- He has AUD$1200 to spend
- He is smart and wants to learn
- He believes this is the start of a long journey into looking up
- We already have a DSLR
- We live in a semi rural area on a small acreage
I asked him to rate his features 1 to 10:
Look at stuff in space (1) vs Take photos of stuff in space (10) = 5
Deep space (1) vs Our solar system (10) = 3
Automatic/Easy/point and shoot (1) vs Hard/Advanced/Learn lots (10) = 7.5
Only used at home (1) vs Take it on holidays (1) = 6.5
If there are any more important requirements that are worth considering, let me know.
We would appreciate any help you can offer.