Hi guys! The math lab that I tutor in is getting a grant and we are going to buy some telescopes. The budget is $5,000, but that’s not hard stop. My boss would like to get at least 2. Any recommendations for what we should buy that won’t be too difficult and worth the money?
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What type of scopes are you looking at getting? Optical? Smart Scopes? Manual? Go to? It’s hard to make recommendations without more info.
My manager is brand new, but I guess that was part of my question. I recommended Celestron and go-to.
What is he planning on doing with it?
Our new Dean is an Astrophysicist and she wants our lab to branch out more. The scope was her idea. So these are going to be for the school where if he wanted to do an event or if we end up having a club later, they can be used. He wants multiple in case he has a slightly larger group. He would like to do 2 of good quality, probably go-tos. Then we may get a 500$ Seestar as well.
A Celestron Origin ($4000) for unequaled Smart Telescope performance, a ZWO Seestar S50 ($550), and a ZWO Seestar S30 ($350), for portability and very good performance for their size. These are pre-tariff prices. Hopefully, they’ll be exempt.