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Hi Liam, welcome to IIS.
I'm new here as well and have learnt a lot from people sharing information.
I have spent a lot of time in Singapore, mostly Sembawang and Yishun, and l loved walking to the top of Bukit Timah Hill, from Yishun, and back.
Where are you going to use your telescope?
You will need the biggest diameter telescope you can get and still be able to get it to a playing field. Moving any telescope from an apartment or HDB to a playing field really needs a car.
A goto mount and some good binoculars would be a LOT easier, even a cheap camera tripod and some binoculars would be good.
If you can travel into Malaysia then you could fine some darker skies to use a telescope.
If l was still in SG, l would be getting some Celestron 25x100 binoculars and the best tripod and mount l could afford, which can all be taken on public transport, carried to the top of Bukit Timah Hill and used for looking at day time stuff like ducks and trains and ships and stuff like birds
My biggest mistake when l started is not getting a better tripod and mount.
Best of luck.
Rod.
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