Definately go the dobsonian way. Those Skywatcher goto's are a fantastic scope im a recent convert myself. the collabsible versions compact down into quite an easy transportable couple of pieces. Even at the larger end with the 14 which i just got a month or so ago. The aligning and set up is all quite easy too. Roughly an hour to set up collimate and bout 10 to 15 min to align once its dark. then its wow factor time
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Best of luck to you mate and wishing you many happy clear nights