I'm thinking of buying a new telescope. Aperture, portability, a GOTO mount and price are my primary concerns. Also, I don't want alignment with the celestial sphere to be too cumbersome of a process or be extremely sensitive to any alignment errors.
From a little research it seems that the Orion SkyQuest 8xti IntelliScope (approx $700) meets my price and aperture requirements.
Does anyone have experience with this telescope and/or mount, or with Orion telescopes/personnel in general? To find an object in its data base with this scope you follow prompts in the form of arrows on the handheld guide mechanism. That sounds OK, but I wondered how practical it was in the real world.
I'm not sure that this is allowed in this forum. If not, my apologies, and any admin can delete this post.
Hello All,
I'm thinking of buying a new telescope. Aperture, portability, a GOTO mount and price are my primary concerns. Also, I don't want alignment with the celestial sphere to be too cumbersome of a process or be extremely sensitive to any alignment errors.
From a little research it seems that the Orion SkyQuest 8xti IntelliScope (approx $700) meets my price and aperture requirements.
Does anyone have experience with this telescope and/or mount, or with Orion telescopes/personnel in general? To find an object in its data base with this scope you follow prompts in the form of arrows on the handheld guide mechanism. That sounds OK, but I wondered how practical it was in the real world.
I'm not sure that this is allowed in this forum. If not, my apologies, and any admin can delete this post.
Thanks,
Mark Beckner