What does a budget buy?
400 €
50 €binocularsDobsonian2 000 €
A 150–200 mm Dobsonian. The Cassini division, clusters resolving into stars, galaxies becoming smudges.
175 mm
aperture
14/14
targets tonight
20 kg
to carry
With that, tonight, under a suburban sky
JumellesLunetteDobsonCata GoToPhotoSolaire
53 mm10×50 binocularsJumelles 8/14 targets · 0.9 kg · 1 min70–250 €125 mm130 mm tabletop DobsonianDobson 13/14 targets · 6 kg · 3 min150–330 €80 mm70–90 mm refractor on an alt-az mountLunette 10/14 targets · 5 kg · 5 min150–420 €175 mm150–200 mm DobsonianDobson 14/14 targets · 20 kg · 8 min330–700 €76 mm72–80 mm ED refractorLunette 9/14 targets · 5 kg · 6 min400–1000 €115 mm102–127 mm Maksutov on a GoTo alt-azCata GoTo 13/14 targets · 9 kg · 12 min450–950 €65 mmSmart telescope (50–80 mm, integrated camera)Photo 9/14 targets · 3 kg · 4 min450–2600 €275 mm250–300 mm DobsonianDobson 14/14 targets · 40 kg · 15 min800–2000 €177 mm150–200 mm Schmidt-Cassegrain on a GoTo alt-azCata GoTo 14/14 targets · 14 kg · 15 min900–2400 €81 mmEquatorial GoTo mount with a small imaging refractorLunette 10/14 targets · 22 kg · 45 min1800–5000 €