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Tim,
I have a Celestron C6 XLT riding on a Nexstar goto altaz mount which I use as my grab and go set up and which I highly recommend you take a closer look at
It's lightweight, easy to assemble and disassemble and very easy to set up for goto and tracking and can of course be used without the goto if you want. The views with the C6 are just as good as with my Skywatcher BD 6" newt. I do think that the altaz set up is easier to get to grips with than an EQ mount. (But if you want to do serious imaging then of course goto EQ is the way to go.) And I do strongly recommend going with goto - I learned more and more quickly once I switched to goto (and Argo Navis guiding on my 12" Dob) once I switched over from manual.
I see that OPT Telescopes has this setup for sale and with postage would come in at about $1100 and there is no GST on cost of items (excluding postage) at under $1000. It would seem that they post to Australia to judge by comment below. I bought my rig second hand on IIS - first the mount and later the C6 - and I think for about $1100 all up.
Regards,
Eric
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