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My youngest daughters father in law bought an Skywatcher 8” Goto Dobsonian telescope a few months ago ( my recommendation) and loves it ( he’s 71 years old )
Easy to move out of the garage with a Bunnings collapsible light duty parcel trolley
He can set it up in the home or start position in 10mins , 2 Star align in 15mins
Tracking is good , Goto has good accuracy
Optics are excellent, he uses eye pieces at both ends of the market ( GSO , Skywatcher and Televue)
You can use a DSLR in this Telescope ( prime focus ) for Astro imaging using Lucky imaging techniques ( short exposures )
He’s observed open clusters , globular clusters , nebula , larger galaxies, moon and planets …….
Prior to this he owned a GSO 10” Manual operated Dob and was frustrated waisting time Star hopping trying to find objects !!!
Andrews had one in stock for only $1650 so he jumped at it
Very happy astronomer
He’s located in Bortle 6/7 Sydney ( south ) outer suburban
Good luck with your sons journey
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