Hard to beat a Meade or Celestron SCT. Goto convenience, large aperture, good views. Not ideal for imaging but great for visual.
I used to marvel at my Celeston NX11. The computer comes up with a tour of visible objects for that time of year and location and you just tour around and see maybe 30 objects in an hour easily. So cool.
Some of my best planet views were with that scope. 2nd hand they may be around that price including a few eyepieces. A 19mm Televue Panoptic is hard to beat as an all round performer. 26m Plossl and a Nagler or two are fabulous. I found Televue eyepieces the best.
Greg.
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