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Hi Supa
As you can see I am a Dob owner also, but I dream of 8'' with goto one day. My starting budget was about half of what yours is so I went for the 8" and a couple of bits and pieces. I am learning the night sky quite well and during the viewing nights the blokes with the big goto scopes will show you where in the night sky they are viewing. I write these things down as soon as I can and then go looking for them in my own time. I have fun finding things myself but I must warn you that I have spent many many hours frustrated at not being able to hone in on what it is I'm looking for. It sounded to me that on your first post you didn't want to spend ages looking for DSO's. If you get the Dob that's exactly what's going to happen. You could still get your smaller scope with goto and after a few months getting to know it and the night sky, sell it in the forum for a small loss (if you look after it well) and use the extra time and the sale price of your scope to get a very large Dob.
Not all us Dob owners are one eyed, but for the pleasure of better vieving when you get objects in your FOV the Dob is the go . To get to see 5 or maybe 10 times more objects per viewing night then dont hesitate and get the goto.
The best scope is the one you use the most.
Hope this helps
Gazz/Irish
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