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Dick smith sell the exact same scope. I saw one set up in the shop. The mount seemed rather wobbly. It might be okay for deep sky widefield from a dark site but certainly at the bottom as far as value-for-money. The eyepieces are very cheap with plastic housing and minimal coatings on the lenses. It does come with a full aperture solar filter which is nice (though also dangerous if it's for a child / stupid adult).
In any case, being an 80mm achromat it is a long way behind an 8" or even a 6" Dob ito what it can show you. Under light polluted skies, the goto of the 80mm Celestron will probably go to many objects that will be barely visible in the scope if at all.
Here is another suggestion: 20x80 triplet binos and a tripod from AOE or Andrews. I used one last w/e and the are impressive. Nice flat field.
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