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Luca,
I've got both the collapsible 8" goto and 16" goto skywatcher scopes, and the 8" is reasonably easy to move. Without too much effort I can pick it up by the handles in one piece and moved 20m or so to the backyard. If you were taking it down stairs the OTA can be easily taken off in about 10 seconds, and making two trips should be easy enough for someone in good health. The base is about 550mm across so a decent wardrobe should be deep enough to keep little fingers off it, and collapsed it's maybe 1m high. You should be able to score an 8" goto for around the $1500 mark, and while the eyepieces aren't brilliant, they should be sufficient to get you started. If you go through Andrews, their GSO superview eyepieces for around $90 are good value too.
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