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Unless I am mistaken the MD in the name means motor drive and is not a go to. The motor drive allows the scope to track objects with moderate accuracy but you have to find them first! They look nice but you have to polar align which is hard to do as a beginner (trust me I know!) and the mounts movements are definitely not intuitive. Also the aperture is small, and in this caper aperture rules.
I purchased the Saxon equvalent of this as my first scope and it sits in the corner not used. I refuse to sell it on as I know any beginner would be as disappointed as I was with it.
Go with your original choice of a 10" dob. If you really are desperate for go to, by all means get it, but remember you sacrifice $$ that may have been spent on better eyepieces and more aperture.
Bintel are doing 10" dobs for $700 atm. They provide excellent service. Andrews also do a fine job and both will ship to you very quickly.
Malcolm
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