Hi,
Although I get what you are trying to achieve here, and it is something good
, I think that the following article pretty much covers this topic.
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/index.p...63,260,0,0,1,0
The reality is that every time someone posts a "I wanna get into astronomy" question the first response is always "what do you want to be able to do" and sometimes "how much money do you want to spend". First and foremost people who are new to astronomy need to think not about the equipment to buy, but about what they want to be able to do, and whether their budget will, realistically, allow it. From there they can then read reviews/ask questions specific to their choices based on the grounding they should have by that stage.
If I had read that article prior to my first purchase I know that I would have bought something different, rather than playing catch-up now.
Regards
Daniel...