[Shaun]

Hi all,

It has been a long time since i have been here, i have been asked by a friend to help him buy a new scope he is new to this hobby and i am trying to help him out.

I must admit thet i don't have the passion i did when i started but still use my scope on some accasions.

I am trying to set him up with somthing he will use more than i have used mine so have decided to look at goto system with the largest possible apature for his money, he wants to spend about $2k so i have looked at andrews and come up with these.

Nexstar 130 SLT reflector
130mm x 650mm with Go-To!

$799.00 AUD

C10-NGT 10" (250mm x 1250mm)
Newtonian with Go-To!

$2199.00 AUD

C6-RGT 6" Computerised
150mm x 1200mm refractor with Go-To!

New low price
$1999.00 AUD !

C6-SGT 6" Go-To XLT
150mm x 1500mm

New low price
$1999.00 AUD !


Skywatcher SW-600
200 x 1000P with HEQ5PRO Go-To mount and V3.0 Go-To hand controller
$1899.00 AUD

Refracting Telescope
Skywatcher 120 x 1000 $1950.00 AUD with HEQ5PRO heavy duty Go-To mount and V3.0 Go-To hand controller

He did say he wanted to put his camera on and take some photos and i advised he would need more money for a good setup but wanted to start out with this amount of money.

If you can offer any sugestions to the best unit that could be used for both astro and imaging to a lesse degree would be a great help.

Shaun