>>12988820yes.
it's a bit more expensive but if light pollution is not an issue you can get a makusov cassegrain model (cheaper than a refractor but more expensive than a reflector).
(ideal 150mm appreture, min 127mm)
pros:
- planetary beast (with relative cheap eyepieces you can get really good planet and moon views)
- if light pollution is not an issue, it's a great also for messier objects and andromeda for example. (not the best in this category, reflectors are goats here)
- excelent star / binary star viewers. you will love it for this. i started to use it mainy to point to a unknown star and focus and try to split it. i managed to split a 4 star system, one of them was a huge red giant.
- very good for photographing the moon (but almost any scope is good for that)
_ great for fotographing the planets (requires a cam, but nevertheless you can learn astrophotography with this)
- not good for photographing galaxies (because of their long focal length) though you can still try and get ok results.
I consider it the jack of all trades scope with it's top points for visualizing stars, planets. also can be extended for astrophotography. by the time you will want to photograph galaxies you will consider buying a second scope (here a refractor is boss for dim light distant objects).
maybe a Schmitt_casswgrain is the real jack of all trades, but i found it not that great for for astrophotography (certainly better, but still a too large focal for my taste)
the gassegrain models are top notch, (bad example incoming), hubble telescope being one of them certanly is a something else.
or just buy a dobson like anyone would recommend. (although i find dobs very boring so i may be emotional attached to the cassegrain models)
