Thanks Mike & Ken,
The budget is very much limited ($0 at this point, but ultimately thinking next step to be around $1000 NZD).
I've had a look at the ED80 telescopes, but we don't seem to have very many available in NZ. Would a Skywatcher 102AZ Short (Focal length 510mm) be a reasonable substitute for someone who is very new to all this?
I've got Adobe Photoshop, Registax, Deep Sky Stacker, so I hopefully won't have much expense in the software line.
Thanks Jo.
PS... I'm not a He... I'm a She
510mm
*6x30 Finderscope
*Aluminium tripod
*AZ Mount
* Suitable for Land use & Astronomy