What does a budget buy?
€400
€50binocularsDobsonian€2,000
A 150–200 mm Dobsonian. The Cassini division, clusters resolving into stars, galaxies becoming smudges.
- 175 mmaperture
- 14/14targets tonight
- 20 kgto carry
With that, tonight, under a suburban sky
BinocularsRefractorDobsonianCatadioptricImagingSolar
- 53 mm10×50 binoculars10/14 targets€70–250
- 76 mm76 mm tabletop Newtonian11/14 targets€80–130
- 140 mm130 mm tabletop Dobsonian14/14 targets€150–330
- 80 mm70–90 mm refractor on an alt-az mount13/14 targets€150–420
- 80 mm70–90 mm refractor on a manual equatorial mount13/14 targets€270–480
- 122 mm114–130 mm Newtonian on a manual equatorial mount14/14 targets€300–420
- 175 mm150–200 mm Dobsonian14/14 targets€330–700
- 76 mm72–80 mm ED refractor11/14 targets€400–1,000
- 115 mm102–127 mm Maksutov on a GoTo alt-az14/14 targets€450–950
- 55 mmSmart telescope (30–80 mm, integrated camera)10/14 targets€450–2,600
- 140 mm130–150 mm Newtonian on a small GoTo alt-az mount14/14 targets€470–720
- 275 mm250–300 mm Dobsonian14/14 targets€800–2,000
- 177 mm150–200 mm Schmidt-Cassegrain on a GoTo alt-az14/14 targets€900–2,400
- 81 mmEquatorial GoTo mount with a small imaging refractor13/14 targets€1,800–5,000
The Orion Nebula: NASA, ESA, M. Robberto (heic0601a), CC BY 4.0