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Originally Posted by Dirk
Hello,
I'm new to astronomy but keen to learn I've always been facinated in the stars. I've been thinking about buying a telescope for while and I've been looking at the Meade lx200gps 10".
After reading Brian's " General Principles for Choosing your first Telescope" I'm a little put off this telescope. I thought this might be a good starting point as I like the idea of hooking up a cammera and using my laptop to build images. The go to funtions really appeals as I have no idea how to read a sky chart.
Something else in the artical that put me off astronomy is what you see throught the eye pice apart from planets, all you can see are grey blobs? The only way you see galaxy's is to photograph them?
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Hi Dirk, welcome to the madness. Don't ask what I'm doing up so early.
I'm the last person to ask, really. If you search around here you'll see that the most popular recommendation for a first scope is a 10 inch dob. Then people generally remember that they ought to be recommending binoculars before that. And then they remember to suggest that you should join them at one of their club meetings before you outlay any dosh. All good advice.
Don't be put off. I just hate the thought of people being disappointed, that's all. There is definitely a WOW to be had with a 10 inch telescope, don't worry about that. But I doubt that many people are going to recommend an LX200 to someone with limited experience. These are mighty heavy telescopes to set up, and great when everything goes right but a right cow when everything doesn't.
Anyway, tell us more about your circumstances, where you live, how you will be transporting the telescope, how far, and what you think you want to look at, stuff like that. Then people here will be able to give you better advice.
Good luck,
Brian.