[Alasdair]

On the excellent advice of people on this forum, a few years ago I bought a SkyWatcher 10" collapsible Dobsonian. The idea was to spend my money on good optics and large mirror over mounts and goto systems. A very sensible choice.

The trouble is that as a fairly large and bulky instrument I'm getting poor usage from it - and that has been exacerbated by moving recently into a first floor apartment, which means lugging up and down a flight of stairs.

So I'm wondering about a possible alternative... something lighter and more easily portable. Can anybody recommend such a scope?

Thank you very much.
-A.