[NathanK25 (Nathan)]

After a few years of being out of the observing game, I'm wanting to get back into it again. I have a Celestron Advanced Series C8-SGT which I have loved over the years. However, I travel so much these days I need something more portable. I also got the C8-SGT for astrophotography, but I'm a father now and don't have the hours of sleep to spare for those long exposure sessions!

I want to sell the C8-SGT and use the proceeds to downgrade to something more portable and with a slightly easier set-up. I'm thinking in the vicinity of $1500 - $2000. So far I'm leaning towards a Celestron Nextstar Evolution 6. I'd be really grateful for any views on the Ev6 or any other advice on other options in this class (particularly reliability of inbuilt wifi and life of the battery).

Cheers

Nathan