[erick (Eric)]

Dear Paul

4" is not a lot of aperture. You are mostly paying for mount, motors, electronics, computer with this scope - around $1,100? You can get four times the light collecting ability for much less $s in a different type of scope - and I expect that is your main aim- to see things, including faint and distant objects?

I suggest that you search out other threads on this forum about buying a first scope. Then read these articles:-

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/63-260-0-0-1-0.html
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/index.p...63,261,0,0,1,0

Then walk into these shops and ask/answer a lot of questions and play with the floor models.

Bintel
https://www.bintelshop.com.au/welcome.htm
519 Burke Road (cnr Clifton Road)

York Optical
http://www.yorkoptical.com.au/
114 Flinders Street Melbourne

and compare prices on this online supplier in Sydney:-

Andrews Communications
http://www.andrewscom.com.au/site-section-10.htm

But be patient and sit on your wallet. Then come back here and ask more questions.