Hi All,
I'm looking into buying my first telescope (currently have a borrowed 6" ancient one that isn't doing much for me) and I'm leaning towards a 10" collapsible skywatcher dob for $800 (if anyone knows a cheaper location let me know
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I really want to get into the deep space stuff and Astrophotography so I was considering a 12" but I live only about 10 minutes from Sydney city so I'd have to be driving out a bit and 12" just wouldn't be portable. I'm even worried that the 10" would be, which leads me to my first question: would I be able to get a 10" collapsible in a average size sedan?
Second question is, I've seen "GoTo" thrown around a few places, and I"m assuming this is a feature on the mount which you enter the coordinates, I know this scope wouldn't come with this feature however would it account for the movement of the earth? I assume this would be a factor when viewing DSO.
Last question would be regarding the photography - if I wanted to take decent shots with this scope would I need to setup my own external mount for some sort of webcam?
Thanks in advance