Comment on surely your hobby can't be that expensive
thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 6 days agoyeah, $500 is tough to get into astro with.
plenty for general photography, but astro can get gear heavy fast. astro landscapes are becoming more accessible as more fast lenses get cheaper, but the kind of astro that needs a tracker is just pricy.
starman2112@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
Yeah, I really thought I could just put some elbow grease into a Canon EOS 300D and a Celestron Astromaster 130EQ and make it work… at least I know that I’m into this hobby, and I know what upgrades I need to make