Hi all,
I have only just signed up to this forum, I found it while doing some searches on some telescopes.
I love space and physics however I have never really learnt anything about telescopes and I was hoping some of you well informed enthusiasts could perhaps give me some pointers.
What I am after is a telescope as a present to my boyfriend, its his birthday soon and I want to get him something I know no one else will and that he will really love. He loves space as well and wants to be an astrophysicist (lol even loves the mathematical equations that comes with it aswell). Now anyway he would like to search for deep space planets/solar systems etc.
So I have done a little bit of looking around and the more I dig the more questions it seems to raise for me
From what I can gather I'm thinking a reflector scope as they are better equipped for deep space (what he is interested in), I have seen a few skywatchers/saxon for sale that may offer a good starting point. And something with a decent sized circumference eg: 6" and so on.
Should I be choosing a newtonian over a dobsonian set up etc? Or is there something else I am overlooking? My budget is around 500-600ish.
If anyone could offer any help on this I would be very appreciative
I also apologise for the long post but wanted to explain the situation
Cheers, Mandi