this post was submitted on 10 Mar 2025
32 points (94.4% liked)

Astronomy

6614 readers
50 users here now

A community for sharing astronomy-related news, content, research, photographs, etc.

When sharing photographs and articles, please make an effort to include source URLs.

founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
 

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.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

This is a really great suggestion! I know many libraries do have telescopes for rent. It's definitely worth checking!