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hi chris,
i was also looking at buying the celestron or the meade lightswitch model, however, once i did a bit more research and got talking to some people who new (heaps) more than me, i went for a dobsonian. The thing that got me was the fact that its the light gathering power which is most important for what i want to do with the scope - but a dobsonian isnt going to be much good for photography. The price difference is massive between the two ifferent types of scopes - dobsonians are much cheaper, which leaves me heaps of money to buy eyepieces and accessories etc. I was also put off by the fact that overseas the celestron and meade were only about 40% of Australian prices, even though we have a high exchange rate at the moment. I am very happy with my dobsonian, but i am not into the photography side of things (yet) i am happy just observing the night sky at the moment.
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