Hi all,
I have a problem. I just received an email from the mother of a former student who will be graduating as an astronomy major in May and wants to get him a telescope as a graduation present. I know he has been having fun up at mecca (AKA Mauna Kea.... lucky $#$#@$# studying at UH!) using the refractor at the visitor's centre for astrophotography, so my thoughts would be for a compact refractor, about 4". Only one problem... the mother is wanting to keep the cost down to around $1000 - $1500, and from looking around here, a reasonable 4" plus mount would be well over $2000. :-(
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Cheers,
Maurice
I have a problem. I just received an email from the mother of a former student who will be graduating as an astronomy major in May and wants to get him a telescope as a graduation present. I know he has been having fun up at mecca (AKA Mauna Kea.... lucky $#$#@$# studying at UH!) using the refractor at the visitor's centre for astrophotography, so my thoughts would be for a compact refractor, about 4". Only one problem... the mother is wanting to keep the cost down to around $1000 - $1500, and from looking around here, a reasonable 4" plus mount would be well over $2000. :-(
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Cheers,
Maurice
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