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My youngest daughters father in law just bought a Skywatcher 8” Goto dob from Andrews for $1600 including some eye pieces ( my recommendation to him ) He’s 71 years old and uses a small collapsible parcel trolley to move it from the garage to his observing position 5m away
He absolutely loves using it ( prior to that he had a 10” Bintel GSO push nudge manual Dob which was getting to difficulty to move around )
It collapses into a compact unit and easily fits in the back of his small Mitsubishi SUV ( if he chooses to go to a dark site )
Best bang for buck
Alignment takes 10min
Goto works well , just minor centering to do
Optics are good
He has both ends of the market in regard to eye pieces Skywatcher Plössl’s 10mm, 25mm and Televue Nagler 22mm , Delite 7mm , GSO superview 30mm
Thoroughly recommend the 8” Goto collapsible
Cheers
Martin
PS: I have a Skywatcher 12” Goto dob at my dark site ( a beast compared to the little 8” )
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