I'm looking for motorized telescope I can attach my computer to.?

Question

Also need to be able to attach camera to it.

Answer 1

Then I'd recommend you do a lot of reading first, unless you want to waste money. A good book to start with is Phil Harrington's Star Ware (4th edition) (Wiley). What you are referring to is usually called a "goto" telescope, and you should expect to spend at least $1000 to get a good one.

Astrophotography involves a lot more than attaching a camera to a telescope. Nowadays most astrophotography involves webcams (for planets), digital SLRs, and, for the really serious, dedicated CCD cameras. The hardware and software rapidly becomes very expensive and complex to operate. For that reason, I usually recommend that beginners in astronomy put any idea of astrophotography aside for a year or two until they get to know the sky and their telescope better.

Answer 2

Celestrons are a decent brand these days. Meades used to be good but they're fighting false advertising charges and I'm not sure if they're keeping the quality up. Try looking at the Schmidt cassegrain scopes. Look online or better yest, find a local dealer.

Answer 3

It's a small TV room/Den It has wooden floors, off white walls, a huge window, a desk, a couch with a bunch of pillows on it and a love-seat that has an Afghan across the back of it. The window is in front the of the desk and there are walls on either side of it. Looking out the window I can a some little trees, kids playing in the yard across the street from us, and some other houses.

Answer 4

That would probably be a Meade LX90 or LX200 or similar model, or a similar Celestron.

You should go to their websites and look at the Schmidt Cassegrain models.

Answer 5

all go-to Celestrons and Meade scopes.