Recommend me a telescope please :)

JAMAL · 27 Nov 2013 at 12:52

I have been asked by a friend this question, the budget is around £400-500 MAX!

i haven't a clue about these things but know some of you guys are into this kind of thing so was wondering if there were any recommendations?

Thanks for any help

topgun06 · 27 Nov 2013 at 13:51

You're more likely to get some advice if you ask in here: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18304064

JayMax · 27 Nov 2013 at 15:00

What are you interested in observing - planetary or deep space objects?

Skywatcher Skyliner 200P Dobsonian for ~£250 is a great starter scope, but you need to consider space and storage, but it has a smaller footprint than you might think compared to a tripod.
Skymax 127 SynScan AZ GOTO or Celestron Nexstar 127 SLT for ~£350 is smaller aperture but is computerised might be another one to look at which is a popular starter scope. A lot of people think GoTo is overrated though.

It all depends upon your needs, the dob will likely be the most recommended, there's no need to spend £500 on a first scope.

Atlas23 · 27 Nov 2013 at 15:49

It all depends on how far away the window through which you can watch a woman undressing is.

JAMAL · 27 Nov 2013 at 17:19

This is for a 75 year old man, was wondering if there is anything with GPS and easy to use that could point itself to different objects? Might be a long shot

ScoTTyBEEE · 27 Nov 2013 at 17:54

JAMAL said:
This is for a 75 year old man, was wondering if there is anything with GPS and easy to use that could point itself to different objects? Might be a long shot

I bought a meade gps one a few years back. Never really got it to work, saw bugger all and gave up. HTH.

Tibbz2 · 27 Nov 2013 at 18:13

JAMAL said:
This is for a 75 year old man, was wondering if there is anything with GPS and easy to use that could point itself to different objects? Might be a long shot

You'll be after a GOTO scope then... it all depends on your budget really, but they're not cheap!