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Originally Posted by doogal
Hi and welcome Starry Skies  , do you have a budget in mind for your first scope? i was in your shoes not long ago and made a mistake of buying a "cheap" newtonian on an eq mount from a certain electronics store and for a newbie like me it was a bit of a dissapointing scope as i found it pretty hard to move around the skies. I say forget the goto function as you will be giving up aperture in favour of the goto, but thats just my opinion.
I could only ever reccomend a dobsonian mounted newt as you get more mirror aperture for your $$$ which equals more views for you  plus you will get to know the skies well pushing the thing around manually rather than having a computer goto the object.
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Hi,
Thanks mate for your reply,I forgot to mention that I'm prepared to spend around the $4000 mark also I would still prefer the Goto as I'm not that good in searching for objects (Lazy really
) I know the DOB's are better per buck size wise, but the GOTO's do all that searching for you, I also should have asked is the Meade better than other goto scopes? they seem to have a better name or should I say more popular.
Thanks
Matt