>>4156515Can't you get a job in one of the labs? I'm sure that would pay more. I pay for this hobby by doing basically a PhD student's workload as an masters student working in a lab. Part time, 20 hrs/week, i get 400$ a month plus 100$ for good grades.
Anyway, i just wanted to say, your scope is a perfectly big enough to do some cool shit, but ceep in mind, visual astronomy can be a bit disapointing. Astrophotography will be far mor rewarding, and you can get really good results as long as you have like a cheap used DSLR from e-bay and 2 motors to drive your mount. That being said, i see you have an alt-azimuthal mount, an equatorial would be better. Once again, something you can build or buy. BUilding is always cheaper but way more work.
