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I’ve been having a play with my dSLR tonight, trying to get some decent shots of the (just past) full moon.
Ok but not great. So that got me thinking, how much would a reasonable, but budget, reflector telescope with equatorial mount set me back?
I saw this on T’internet - any good?
https://shop.northernoptics.co.uk/celestron-astromaster-130-eq-telescope-31045-3266-p.asp
Do you want to take pictures of the moon using the telescope and your dslr?
If so you may need a tracking mount with lunar speed and other accessories to mount the camera.
Things may have moved on since I was into this stuff but Celestron and Skywatcher brands used to be the top budget brands and you couldn’t really go wrong with either option at any given price point.
I bought a cheap ~£50 500mm Mirror lens from eBay for my ASP-C camera. Turns it into a circa 750mm and can get some pretty good photo's of the moon.
Certainly easier than lugging about a telescope. Would be useless for galaxy photos mind but for that when I looked into it you had to spend pretty serious cash
go big or go home 🙂
note the pirate eye patch, essential addition for visual work.
But seriously, for you, a nice reflector on an EQ like that will be a great start point. Might not be the most stable mount, but moon shots will be short exposure so not too big an issue.
