The celestron 5 was too a favourite of mine years ago. I was able to get one from our stock at our local planetarium where I worked at the time. I outfitted it as a sky camera and a general use scope. Easy to move and setup. Also before the advent
Of the go-to craze, you had to get to know how to use your scopes setting circles. That led to knowing how to read star charts and Sky atlases. You can’t play the piano if you can’t read the music so to speak. So I say to anybody starting out...learn to do things the old fashioned way! Your rewards in learning the Sky will be many fold. Computer scopes are just like smart phones. Easy to use...but what do you really learn...after the thrill is gone?
Try this amazing book to start out... Night Watch by Terry Dickenson!
Grab a comfy lawn chair and binoculars and become a backyard Astronaut!
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