Hi Cameron.
Don't buy it!
Don't buy an equatorial if it isn't a goto. They're hard to use, I should know, I had one.
As stated by Allan and Stephen, your local club will have viewing nights for anyone who wants to come.
You can see lots of scopes and ask questions.
A Dobsonian telescope is a fantastic simple scope for beginners and
experienced observers.
The majority of observational amateur astronomers (as opposed to astro photographers) use a Dobsonian telescope.
This is an example...
https://www.bintelshop.com.au/welcome.htm
Hope this helps...
P.S. I cut and pasted the link above for a specific page but it's going to the home page instead. Just click on 'Telescopes' in the list
and you'll see some 'Dobs'.
