Hi all,
I am seeking some advice and recommendations please on purchasing my first telescope.
I would like to view the moon and planets and if possible, get some good detail on saturn as an example. It would be great to also see some detail of deep sky objects but my budget may not facilitate this.
I live on a remote cattle station in Northern Western Australia so do not have any issues with city lights, etc.
As I camp out (ute and swag) we would like something that is reasonably portable.
Budget is approx $1000 to $1300.
Thinking a reflector with wifi hand controller. It appears that this (goto) means I may not get complete bang for buck but we like the idea of having a preset feature so that we can enjoy the outback in all her glory.
We will have no phone or internet when out so I am not sure if this is an issue with using a mobile phone app as an example. Most apps tend to need internet at the very least so any thoughts on this would be really awesome.
I contacted two dealers and were given the following recommendations:
https://www.opticscentral.com.au/sax...telescope.html
and
https://www.ozscopes.com.au/saxon-as...telescope.html
plus he suggested upgrading the focal length with this
https://www.ozscopes.com.au/celestro...-eyepiece.html
Many thanks!
Sally