[KISSMAD (Bruce)]

I'm wondering which is the better telescope!

Celestron NexStar 130SLT Computerised Telescope

What will I be able to see
- Lunar craters as little as 3.2km in diameter
- The phases of Venus and Mercury
- Polar ice caps on Mars
- Several of Jupiter's moons and details of cloud belts
- The rings of Saturn and subtle cloud belts
- Many faint comets and brighter asteroids
- Double stars and stars to 13.1 magnitude
- Star clusters, nebulae and galaxies with spiral structures

Optical Design: Newtonian Reflector
Aperture: 130mm (5.12in)
Focal Length: 650mm (25.12in)
Focal Ratio: 5
Eyepiece 1: 25mm
Magnification 1: 26x
Eyepiece 2: 9mm
Magnification 2: 72x
Mount: Single fork motorised alt-azimuth
Optical tube length: 533mm
Optical coatings: Aluminium
Weight: 8.16kg
Finderscope: StarPointer Red Dot with Quick Release bracket
Tripod: 1.25 steel tube legs
CD ROM: The SkyT Level 1, NSOL telescope control software (requires RS-232 to USB cable (not included) vailable at your local electronics store)
Other equipment: Adaptors for 1.25in and 2in eyepieces
Power Supply: 8 x AA batteries (not included)
Highest useful magnification: 307x
Lowest useful magnification: 19x
Limiting stellar magnitude: 13.1
Light gathering power: 345x
Angular field of view: 1.7

Celestron 4SE Nexstar Computerised Telescope

What will I be able to see
- The phases of Venus
- Star clusters, nebulas and structured galaxies
- Lunar craters as little as 3.5km in diameter
- Dark surface features on Mars
- Detailed cloud belts, festoons and streamers of Jupiter
- The rings of Saturn and subtle cloud belts
- Many faint comets and brighter asteroids

Optical Design: Maksutov-Cassegrain
Aperture: 102mm
Focal Length: 1325mm
Focal Ratio: 12.99
Finderscope: StarPointer
Mount: Single fork arm alt-azimuth
Eyepiece: 25mm
Magnification: 53x
Star Diagonal: Internal flip mirror for straight through or 90


Are they any good for learning Astrophotography? I don't expect to take Hubble quality pictures but I want to try Astrophotography for fun. I don't have a camera, yet.

The reason for these two are that I want to get used to using the goto feature before spend thousands on a telescope.

Which has the better "What will I be able to see"?