Hi guys, need some help please.
I am looking at buying a Telescope, I know nothing at all about them and have around £200 to spend on one.
Can anyone recommend some decent ones for that price?
Mainly to be used for planet and star observations.
Get a cheap one to start - you want a refractor to start with - pay about £80 - £100 for it and then invest in eye pieces - The telescope is just a tube - the eye pieces are the important thing.
If you do have streetlights around you - get a phospher filter. If not then you could do with getting a set that has a few options and filters for the planets (They bring the colours out and each planet has a different filter)
Celestron is a good starter.
Get a cheap one to start - you want a refractor to start with - pay about £80 - £100 for it and then invest in eye pieces - The telescope is just a tube - the eye pieces are the important thing.
If you do have streetlights around you - get a phospher filter. If not then you could do with getting a set that has a few options and filters for the planets (They bring the colours out and each planet has a different filter)
Celestron is a good starter.
So £80-£100 for the Telescope and £100 for the eyepieces is a good way to spend that £200.