[chrissara]

You most probably hate this topic being raised as it opens so many options, but essentially I wish to purchase a new telescope. I am what would be considered a beginner. I am looking for the "WOW!" factor but with the miminum of fuss e.g. point the telescope at say saturn and get a nice close up look with good image quality. Most likely what I am looking for is a telescope with say an Autostar feature (or the like) and presumably good lenses. Type to scope doesn't bother me, but presuming it is a telescope that rotates to the planet, star etc, I assume the focus will be on the Cassegrain types. Your comments appreciated (or if any further info is required please post and I will try to reply)