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G'day Richard,
All of the advice here is good. You can also read the "sticky" on choosing your first telescope (the advice also applies to your second scope).
It is an infectious hobby or does it tend to attract people with infectious personalities?? ... I wanted a bigger telescope before mine even arrived.
One key point is that if you have to set up your scope each time (like me) - bigger is heavier and takes longer to set up. This can be a major deterrent especially on work nights in the summer when it gets dark later. Also think of what you may want to do long term. It may be best to decide what is the biggest (if that is your goal) telescope that you can easily handle and save enough for that rather than just a small upgrade. If you want to get into photography at some stage bigger isn't necessarily better, the mount is probably more important in that case and a dob isn't suitable.
Regards,
Tony.
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