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Originally Posted by rmcpb
Guy,
Slow down!!
If you have just got your dob spend a lot of time getting to know it and your observing style BEFORE going down the accessories path otherwise you will end up with lots of expensive paperweights.
At present, if you have money burning a hole in your pocket, get yourself a cheshire eyepiece and laser collimator so you can tune your scope to get the best views available under your conditions.
A good barlow, like the Orion Shorty Plus would be a great addition soon as well.
Worry about eyepieces later....................
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Sage advice in the above quote...get to know your current gear well and get it optimised (collimated well) first before running out and buying a whole bunch of new eyepieces or other accessories.
The other sound bit of advice is to get out with your gear to an observing night or two with others and try out some of the gear they have...proper expectations and past experience are your friend when looking to buy new gear!
It is very easy to spend lots of money in this hobby but it is not necessary to do so to enjoy it!
Once you know what you enjoy looking at (moon, planets, globular clusters, faint fuzzies) and how you enjoy looking at it, making some relevent recommendations will be a lot easier for the folks here on the forum and also easier on your wallet.
Cheers!