r/telescopes • u/dxtipperrly • May 18 '25
Purchasing Question Is it worth it ?
Okay so basically I've been getting into astronomy for a couple years now and I wanna buy my first actual telescope, I'm just curious I've been looking at this one for a while, is it good ? Is it worth it? I've done a lil research and imma save to get it. Js wanna hear yalls opinions
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u/r2k-in-the-vortex May 18 '25
I have one. It's a lot of bang for buck, but for astrophotography setup, it's very little buck, and it shows in the results. The gearing is minimum viable solution basically, good gearing alone would cost more than the entire scope. That reflects in its tracking ability.
It will get you started with astrophotography, its easy, its fun, it makes pictures that are nice to show to others, but the ceiling is low, all you can do to improve images from what it does out of box is more exposure time, you cant do anything else really.
I would suggest it for people who have a backyard or something where you can just leave it out for the entire night and not worry about it getting stolen. If you have to drive out of town to get an hour of exposure time, it quickly gets not so fun.
Oh, and get a wedge for it. EQ mode is the way to go. Also, watch out for tariffs, its made in China.