Had a small 60mm perl-vixen refractor in 1986. Saw Haley, M42 and a couple of clusters. Had to sell it unfortunately. At the time I was also drooling over the Celestron/Meade catalogues looking at SCTs on fork mounts and big dobs. Got back into it in 2007. Never did really let go but more time and finance, dropping prices now makes it possible and affordable (kind of). I think if I ever sold the gear I'd regret it. I invested so much time and effort in getting into it it would be hard to start again.
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