Thanks everyone, just finished getting it altogether, and I can't wait to use it. My 3.5 year old Liam is pretty excited too as you can probably tell from the attached photo
Not surprisingly it has clouded over, I could blame it on the new telescope but it's probably more realistic to blame it on living in tasmania
The upside is that when the sky clears I've got pretty amazing dark skies in my backyard. I think there pretty dark anyway, on a good night when I go outside it only takes a minute or so of adjustment and i can easily make out things like the coal sack and the magellanic clouds with the naked eye
I'll definitely write a review and let you know how I go with it once I've been using it for a while. I've been stargazing for years, but only with a pair of 10x50 and 15X70 AOE binos and the occasional use of a 4.5" york skyrover.
I can imagine looking at the size of the scope it's gonna be a bit of a step up
Kind regards
Anthony