[Alasdair]

It's said that the best telescope in the world is useless if you don't use it. Well, that's my situation.exactly. I have three telescopes: a 10" Dobsonian (in need of collimation), a Skywatcher triplet APO refractor on an EQ5 mount - a fabulous beast but which is so heavy it's almost impossible to move it to the balcony of my 5th floor apartment, and a Saxon 1201EQ3, light, portable, and its own way excellent, but very wobbly.

Anyway, I'm.about to move to another north facing apartment, but with less room. And it seems that the scopes I have, while all fine in themselves, don't actually suit my use of them.

So I'm looking to get instead more of a grab and go scope; one that can be used happily for planets and maybe some of the easier DSOs.

Any recommendations?

Thanks!