Hi Iceman
Not necessarily stuck on a Nexstar, just thinking about portability and ease to find objects. At this stage thinking of Solar objects for photography. I guess size is not a major issue within reason as we will have a caravan for the camping trips.
Also figured ccd imaging to the laptop the way to go since I already have a near top of the range laptop and a DSLR is not in the budget. Anyway any suggestions would be helpful - budget is up to $2000 (purseholder thinking 1600 but should be able to push that envelope a bit since she got the caravan she wanted!

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Cheers
John