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Originally Posted by julianh72
Mick,
While I've had a life-long interest in astronomy, and I've always owned a pair of binoculars which spend at least as much time looking up at the night sky as they do daytime use, it's only recently that I've managed to acquire a decent telescope. When your telescope arrives, you'll want to spend a fair bit of time using it for visual, but the bug to try astro-photography is sure to bite.
When you do get the urge to try expanding your horizons, give some serious thought to spectroscopy. The "cost of entry" is surprisingly modest - all you need to get started is something like a Star Analyser SA100 grating, and a camera (which you'll probably have anyway), and I find it to be immensely rewarding. (And if you become seriously addicted, you can always upgrade to better equipment like Merlin66!)
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Thanks Julian.
When I read a some of the posts about binoculars I got excited, but found out my treasured 12x50 binoculars are quite the worse for wear at 30-years-old. They just won't focus well enough anymore. They still allow me to see that there is much more up there than I can see with the naked eye but that's about it.
The spectroscopy stuff, actually does hold a lot of interest for me. I think it would be great being able to detect what a star is made of, etc. I just watched the Star Analyser sales video and the guy makes it all sound pretty easy. Looks pretty good for about $220. Is it really that easy? It's definitely something I will keep in mind
Cheers
Mick