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For the added cost of GOTO one could buy a couple of very nice highly corrected wide field eyepieces that could be used on this and ANY future telescope you are likely to ever own and provide a lifetime of very pleasing views. Your GOTO on the other hand would be limited to this telescope.
GOTO is a nice feature for the tracking although is intended for seeking initially to get your target (provided it is aligned correctly each night). For tracking though you really only need an equatorial mount or platform. GOTO more than doubles the cost of your telescope unless you can find one used for a good price.
I personally prefer to seek and locate objects myself and commit to memory their location which I then test myself the next observing night and the ultimate test is then the next season when the same objects return to the same part of the sky at the same time.
Note there iis an alternative to GOTO and that is PUSH-TO. You can add the latter easily later yourself, all you need is an encoder kit and black box to talk to your iPad or iPhone which needs to have SkySafari app. I use the NEXUS-II unit on one of my Alt-Az mounts and it is great for helping find stars and planets in the day time which is what i’ve used mine for. I tend not to use it at night because I prefer printed star atlases.
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