Hi Phil and welcome,
After reading the replies l noticed something was missing, the good old eq mount, be it carrying either a reflector or refractor.
Apart from one or two other scopes the members seem to be either dob people or as l am at the moment a Meade owner but be aware that there are many more scopes out there to fill the void between these two alternatives.
An eq mount will initially give you a stable system providing you match the rating to the scope size (very important), you will learn to find objects manually using the long forgotten setting circles and then at a later stage you can add a go-to system when you can afford it.
Just another point of view to confuse.
Mick
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