Hey guys, I'm starting completely from scratch. Both on a knowledge level more or less and definitely on an equipment level.
I've been reading quite a bit and am at the point where I want to get my first scope. Ultimately I want to get into AP and already have a capable enough SLR, but that's further down the track.
I would love to be able see clearly, the moon and planets, with DSO's again, further down the track.
I live in an apartment block with an open topped large balcony I'm hoping will suffice in some small way, but i live in suburbia of Sydney so it's fairly bright, so a view to travelling occasionally for dark skies so portability is a bit of a factor.
My budget is around $500-$1000. Over the past months I keep chopping and changing what i want to get from originally a bit reflector for the bang for your buck, then an 8" dob based on recommendations as a starting point, then a 120mm saxon refractor when i read refractors are better suited to AP, then back to the 8" dob when i rationalised getting right into AP on a limited budget is pointless. So I'm all over the shop as it were, and any advice would be greatly appreciated.
