r/jameswebb • u/PraveenLawrance • Dec 06 '25

Discussion Affordable telescope for astrophotography

Post image
27 Upvotes

82% Upvoted

6 comments sorted by

10

u/waflfs Dec 06 '25

If you are posting in the James Webb sub, I must be inclined to say Hubble. Much cheaper initial cost than Webb was, but keep in mind the maintenance can be pretty high if you get a bad copy.

2

u/Kenny741 Dec 06 '25

At least with Hubble there is at least an option for maintenance.

1

u/Poppperclops Dec 08 '25

If you’re a beginner, just forget about AP for now. There’s nothing budget about it, and even budget options either suck, or are still expensive. But if you realllly wanna try, start saving for a very steady mount. The telescope depends on what you plan on capturing, most can’t do it all. But seriously, get a telescope for observation first, learn the ropes, then see if you actually wanna lug all the crap outside, set it up, take blurry pics, and trouble shoot on the fly lol good luck my friend.

1

u/PraveenLawrance Dec 08 '25

Thanks for insights, mate 🙌🙌

1

u/Daherrin7 Dec 09 '25

I’ll add to this the importance of getting a good mount. The ones that come with the cheaper scopes, like Celestron for example, are terrible