[Trooper1978]

Hi all, I'm new to all of this but I have been reading heaps and have learnt the basics of buying a telescope. I want to be able to view planets in decent detail look at galaxies and nebulae etc. I would also like to do some basic photography as well.
I have narrowed my choices down to these two scopes and wanted some feedback on these as they are quite different.
NEXSTAR 8SE COMPUTERIZED TELESCOPE or Skywatcher 10" GoTo Dobsonian Telescope.
Biggest comparison I see is Nexstar is f/10 and Skywatcher is f/5.

I have shopped around and can get either at about $1500. Yes! nexstar from US is $1500 to my door in 1 week.

Yours thoughts, experiences, technical info etc appreciated.