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Beginner telescope suggestions (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 11 months ago by Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/astronomy@mander.xyz
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I'm planning to go to a rural spot that has a Bortle class 3 night sky around Southern California. Can anyone recommend a beginner friendly telescope with decent magnification for around $200? I'm not interested in using an accompanying smart phone app to go with it either. I'd like to see nebulae and galaxies the most. Thank you.

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[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Yeah, I find that 60 degrees is about my comfort limit ATM, but I'm also guessing that there's not going to be too much that's very impressive and amenable to binoculars near the Zenith by the time they head out. Maybe the Leo triplet? Idk, Orion and Canis Major will be much better targets for low power, IMHO.