[darth_draconis (Adrian)]

Thanks for the replies, im kinda glad i asked first instead of rushing out and buying stuff.

So after reading everyones replies im going have to ask what would be a good starting out budget?

I will say that i had kinda figured it was expensive, ive been looking around at telescope prices for a while now and so your comments dont suprise me that much. I was looking at mainly shooting the moon for a start. I had planned to start small (cheap and nasty basicually) and learn from there and as the budget allowed upgrade as i learnt more.

Really long term goal is to build a backyard observatory.