Telescope for astrophotography

[shed driver]

I'm not sure I want to have all the bells and whistles, but I recently logged onto an old paypal account and found £200 in there I had completely forgotten about. I fancy getting a telescope and would love to be able to use it with my 5d3.

Any pointers as to what I would need - and how much it would cost? It's not something I'm likely to be really splashing loads of cash in to, so about £200 is what I'd like to pay.

SD.

[shed driver]

Monty Python said:

You won't get anything decent for £200. The critical part of a telescope for photography is the mount, and a £200 telescope is going to have a mount that's practically useless. Plus, unless you want to take photos of bright objects (i.e. the moon), then the telescope will also need automatic tracking, which adds to the cost.

Looking around, I may be able to boost the budget up to about £350 - I saw this, http://www.telescopesandbinoculars.co.uk/acatalog/... which was recommended.

Monty Python said:

I'd also recommend against using an SLR for astrophotography using a telescope due to the extra weight it adds that the mount has to cope with.

Ah, so I would use a better mount, or a new camera?

Man maths needed I think!

SD.