G'Day,
I have the Meade ETX 125,and it's a great little scope I use it when I'm at my weekender,very easy to handle and the GoTo is just great,you should be able to pick one up for about $600. Here's a link to the Meade Video on the ETX 125.BTW you can see deep sky objects with this little scope
http://www.meade.com/educational/etx...eos/index.html
Cheers
Arthur