Hi all,
I'm currently looking around for an easy grab n go option that I can take away camping with the kiddo's.
I'm looking at these Star Sense Explorer jobbies from Celestron, for the easy "point at the moon, oooh" but also easy finding other things without having to spend half the night star hopping (I'm terrible at that).
It's gotta fit in the back of the car with all the kids junk and these seem OK size wise when I look at them being unboxed. Definitely better than my current 8" SCT, NEQ6, and various accompanying tubs of crap.
Anyway, I've only ever used my 8" SCT, never a refractor or a newt. I'm trying to decide if the cheaper 130mm (StarSense Explorer LT 127AZ almost 6") newt is the go, or if I should kick in the extra $300 for the 102mm refractor (StarSense Explorer DX 102).
What would be the difference in what you can or can't see, and clarity of objects, between these two scopes?
Links here:
https://www.bintel.com.au/product/st...v=322b26af01d5
https://www.bintel.com.au/product/st...v=322b26af01d5
PS, I can't really tell from the images, but do you reckon those focusers would be able to take a Canon DSLR T-Ring? I'm obviously not planning any deep sky stuff, but grabbing a few point and clicks of the moon and jupiter/saturn wouldn't be terrible. Reckon it could take a standard T-Ring on that eyepiece setup? Or is it some non-standard job for cheap OTA?
Any advice would be awesome, thanks!
EDIT: fixed links to right models