1st scope question

[JethroB76 (Jeff)]

Originally Posted by rmcpb

Just be aware that those faster equatorially mounted GS scopes will require more expensive eyepieces to give good views to the edge than a slower dob so your pocket will have to be deeper quicker than if you have a dob that gives good views on standard eyepieces.

BTW welcome to the madness.

Thanks for that Rob, when you say more expensive eyepieces, could you give an idea of the price of a 'more expensive eyepiece' as compared to standard eyepieces?

Jeff

[davidpretorius]

my series 500 are the bottom of the pile, they are around $29, but generally 4 will be thrown in with a dob purchase.

next level are $70 to $100 and then expect $200 to $600 for televue, pentax etc

bintel are a good starter point to get a feel as to what costs what

https://www.bintelshop.com.au/welcome.htm

[acropolite (Phil)]

Welcome Jeff, good to see another Lonny boy. I really can't see any value in an eq mount unless you're going to use it for astrophotography, and a solid eq mount is out of the equation for a budget of under $1000. Secondly there's no sustitute for aperture, the bigger the better. A small refractor may be easy to tote outside and requires no cooldown time, but ultimately will be disappointing (visually) next to a dob. The elegant simplicity of the dob and the optical performance for your dollars is hard to beat. Take a trip to Dave P's place and check out his dob, or turn up to our next new moon viewing session....