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Old 06-05-2017, 03:59 PM
Wavytone
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My pick would also be a mak-Newtonian. Occasionally one does appear secondhand on astromart - there was one recently. These babies are heavy thoug and not small.

What about the mount though ? Anything that big will need an eq6 or an iEQ45 or a Losmandy mount and a decent tripod - all of these will exceed your budget.

Maybe a small triplet 70mm refractor and a small eq mount would be within your budget.

Alternatively get a DSLR and some lenses and put that on an Astrotrac.
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