Re: advice on best telescope makes please

Thanks for your replies, I found them a help

im looking for a compact scope to be used
almost entirely remotely, im upgrading from my modest celestron 114gt
(which i had remotely driven)


heres my thoughts so far
it needs to be compact ( tiny garden ) and needs to go in my existing
observatory
it needs to have goto (rs232)
it will need to have a motorised focuser or one i can fit or make myself
(bit of DIY)
i have a solid pedestal and observatory with no scope in it now so just
interested
in the goto mount and OTA really.

I guess im looking at a cat here but to get up to 8 inch is probably out my
price range.
what about a short tube refractor? any thoughts?
Thanks





"Stephen Tonkin" <news05footfrommouth@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hayley <cambs.home@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
if these makes were put in order for optical quality and mount quality
what do think?

not in any order
meade celestron helios(skywatcher) bresser tal

Those are all "brands" -- in some cases, the same telescope (usually
Synta, but not exclusively so, is branded by different companies.

See:
http://www.astunit.com/tutorials/firstscope.htm
http://www.astunit.com/tutorials/evaluating.htm

--
Best,
Stephen
<http://www.astunit.com>


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