First of all, Hi! I'm Dave and I'm new to Astromart. I've always loved astronomy, but for one reason or another I never got involved past reading and looking at astrophotography. Lately, I've found myself looking at the sky and really wishing I had a scope. So I started researching and now I'm almost ready to pull the trigger.
I live in fairly light polluted area; central northern border of CT, Bortle 6, from the maps I've seen. I'm willing to travel for viewing and also plan to bring my scope camping with us. Keep in mind that "camping" for us means at a campground, and my wife brings every comfort from home that she can cram into our vehicles. We're not backpacking the Appalachian trail or anything like that.
I'm fairly sure I'm going to deal with the back-order and get an Apertura AD8. My biggest concern is getting the best bang for my buck, and from what I'm reading the AD8 is tough to beat. I'd love to find something nice on the used market, but with covid the pickings seem to be slim.
I am open to suggestions, though, so if anyone has some advice or knows of a deal I should look at, please let me know.
I'm looking forward to getting to know this community and seeing some awesome sights! Cheers!
I live in fairly light polluted area; central northern border of CT, Bortle 6, from the maps I've seen. I'm willing to travel for viewing and also plan to bring my scope camping with us. Keep in mind that "camping" for us means at a campground, and my wife brings every comfort from home that she can cram into our vehicles. We're not backpacking the Appalachian trail or anything like that.
I'm fairly sure I'm going to deal with the back-order and get an Apertura AD8. My biggest concern is getting the best bang for my buck, and from what I'm reading the AD8 is tough to beat. I'd love to find something nice on the used market, but with covid the pickings seem to be slim.
I am open to suggestions, though, so if anyone has some advice or knows of a deal I should look at, please let me know.
I'm looking forward to getting to know this community and seeing some awesome sights! Cheers!