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All due respect to Sean but for an absolute beginner I would steer very clear of scopes on an EQ mount unless astro imaging is your thing, and then I would go much heavier duty than an EQ3.
Dobsonians have many advantages, ease of setup, ease of use, plenty of aperture for the $$$ (and in this game aperture rules) easy to maintain, readily saleable if you decide to upgrade, portable.... I could go on!!
Some will say they are not ideal for planetary, but they do a good job and are brilliant at deep sky.
Any of the dobs on the Bintel site mentioned would be good, but try to avoid the table top models. $600 will buy you a very nice 8" with a bit of $$ left for a few basic accessories (collimator and charts for starters)
Oh and I just read what Paddy wrote and absolutely agree!!
Cheers
Malcolm
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