Looking to buy 2nd hand telescope

[hendridge]

Can anyone help me in buying a second hand telescope. at least a 6in with a good focal length to get good pics for stuff like nebulas and moons of planets like jupiter.

im in NSW

thx

[iceman (Mike)]

Hi Henridge.

What's your budget?

What sort of pics do you want to take?

A scope that can take pics of moons of Jupiter (in detail) and also nebula, are probably two different things.

Astrophotography is a very time consuming, frustrating and expensive aspect to the hobby of astronomy. It can also be very rewarding.

Tell us more about what you want to do, and we can help you some more.

[ving (David)]

hiya!
like mike said, whats ya budget? astrophotography of DSOs isnt very cheap, but you can also get away with less aperture and longer exposures. doing planets is considerably cheaper depending on the quality of the pic you are after i guess...
anyhow, welcome aboard.

[matt]

Where abouts are you?

I have an 8" f5 newtonian which I'm thinking of selling.

Gives very nice views of planets and nebs and "stuff"