Telescope Reviews: Re: Binocular Telescope Camera Adapter & More

Hi Jud,

Welcome to Cloudy Nights!

It sounds as if you would be better off not trying to make one instrument do everything.

Unless you are taking short exposures of bright objects, like the Moon, you should have a mount that is relatively stable and
tracks. If you are taking long exposures it is easier if you have an equatorially mounted telescope. That way you don't have field
rotation issues.

I suggest you start with a visual setup. Just relax and enjoy the views.

A good 8" or 10" Dob with digital encoders would be a nice way to see lots of objects, but with one eye.

The scope with the most bang for the buck would be a Dob with no encoders.

Binoculars are fine low to medium power instruments. If you need more power it is easier to get a good view
using a telescope. SCTs are easy to use with a binoviewer because of their long focuser travel and being relatively short
their mount doesn't have to be as beefy to keep them stable.

If you are spending a lot of time looking high overhead it is easier if you have a binocular with 90 deg angled eyepieces.

A 15x70 binocular on a parallelogram mount would be a nice, not too pricy, way to get started. Add an 8" or 10" Dob and
you could have many hours of fun observing.

Roughly how much are you considering spending?

Clear skies,
Rich

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