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Thanks all for the quick replies and advice
I’m 57 around 77kg reasonably fit but have had back trouble in the past, however my existing 10” dob is a piece of cake to pull out of the garage on it’s flat bed trolley and set up 5 or 6 metres away.
The 10” Bintel solid tube dob weighs around 26kg and I think from memory the Skywatcher 12” goto weighs around 40kg ( quite a weight difference) but with a good designed trolley I’m confident of pulling it out of the garage to the observing location 6 metres away.
Yes in hindsight I should have originally bought a 12” goto as most people say it would be a scope for life as it offers a lot more than the manual guided 10” dob
I will never need to take the 12” to any other location in my wagon.It’s a stay at home scope. I will take quite a few months to make a decision.
One other question, as this scope is an F4.9 is there a problem with coma when viewing Stars and DSO’s ?
If anyone else in IIS has experience in owning and using the Skywatcher 12” goto dob I welcome their advice
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