Which Telescope to buy?

[Glutton4...]

Hubby is showing a renewed interest in Astronomy, so I'm thinking of getting him a second-hand Telescope. Does anyone have any recommendations or advice, please?

Thanks in advance.

[Glutton4...]

Five hours, twenty-five views, and no recommendations.

I guess no one else is interested in star-gazing.

[cariann88]

Is this any good? http://www.amazon.co.uk/cameras/dp/B...ords=telescope

I've just been having a look for you. I don't really know nothing.

[cariann88]

Or this....

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Seben-700-76...ords=telescope

[jackarmy]

Several years ago i bought one for my daughter, she was around 11 at the time.
Anyway, i paid 70 odd pound for it in Lidl , bad news is i had to put it together myself and untill this day i dont know if it worked properly , all i know for certain is her stargazing interest didnt last long lol, but she was approaching those teenage years...........

Anyway, my point being, make sure the one you buy is complete and not a diy chuck it together yourself job, all i can offer im afraid .

[Bigmallly]

Five hours, twenty-five views, and no recommendations.

I guess no one else is interested in star-gazing.

Or maybe we don't know enough about them to recommend.

[veggiechicken]

Five hours, twenty-five views, and no recommendations.

I guess no one else is interested in star-gazing.

I'm interested in stargazing - but not through a telescope - although I do have one.........somewhere Just find it a bit of a strain to look through one eye for a long time!
Anyway, there are some keen astronomers on here but you'l have to be patient until they come on here.

[Glutton4...]

Cheers Peeps, and thank you for your input, it is very much appreciated.

Obviously I've done the usual g**gling, and there's a lot of variation in product size, price and features, as you would expect. Hence my decision to pop in here and pick your collective brain.

[Aberdeenplotter]

might be productive to try to find a star gazing type Forum? If they are as good with that as we are with green fingered enquiries, they will sort you out

[Aberdeenplotter]

yups, they are out there somewhere General Stargazing Forum

[bearded bloke]

G4, there are several "variables", aside from the all important budget, the big ones are .. do you want reflecting or refracting ? fixed or transportable ? do you want vernier scales so you can accurately monitor celestial bodies ?

[Nicos]

Five hours, twenty-five views, and no recommendations.

I guess no one else is interested in star-gazing.

Everyone busy on their lotties I should imagine ???

We have a fairly basic one.
However, the one thing I really wished we'd gone for is one which has an electrical motor for moving it up, down, side to side.
Our manual one is soooo frustrating. You have whatever in full view, then as you lock it into position the darn thing moves...not a lot, but enough to lose what you had in sight.
What have you got in mind?
Is he wanting to take photographs of what he sees?

[Glutton4...]

Ha! Yeah, I really need another forum...

I don't have the feintest idea of what he needs (refract/reflect) but I don't suspect he'll be wanting to take pictures. Most folk I know that have/had one say they bought too cheap/expensive. The former being no good, the latter, too complicated.

He just likes looking, and trying to work out what is what from comparing against an app on his tablet. I expect it'll be a short-lived hobby.

[bearded bloke]

Something like this will be very "usable" & should retain it's value for when he gets bored, could also be used for bird spotting if he wants a hobby change .... Refractor 90500 (500 / 90 mm) Space Astronomical Telescope Spotting scopes new | eBay

[Glutton4...]

Bird-spotting. Yeah. Right. lol

I think I'll just get back on the Bay, and see what I can find locally. Watch this space!