Hi All,
Newbie here

I'm seriously thinking of buying

my first scope, up until now I have only used binoculars 10 x 50 and that was for the Planets,now I would like to get into deep sky objects,as I don't know the night sky to well I was thinking of buying a 8" Meade Goto scope,any suggestions or help would be appreciated,pitfalls etc in buying a scope either new or second hand.
Thanks
Matt