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Originally Posted by pryer11
do you know much about the telescopes i mentioned?
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They are really good, but expensive options for visual astronomy. They are expensive because of the type of telescope. The are a Scmidt-Cassesgrain, which means that they have a rather expensive corrector lens on the front of them. They are also expensive because of the GOTO mounts. The 8" will give you 70% more light gathering powering than the 6".
There are much cheaper options for beginner scopes, such as 6/8/10 dobsonian, but you need to do all the hard work yourself to find stuff. They are much easier to setup though. You drop them on the ground and start observing.
If you are interested in astrophotography, you can pretty much forget about either of these styles, and look towards something with an EQ mount.
I hope that gives you something to think about. Also, have a look through /r/telescopes on reddit.
https://www.reddit.com/r/telescopes/...restrict_sr=on