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Hi,
Can't help you much with off the shelf scopes, as I build my own.
But for value you can't beat an 8" dob, they are cheap at the moment.
They usually have great portability.
I think it's a good place to enter the world of telescopes.
An 8" f/6 = 1200mm or 48" is a good alrounder.
Gives the best of both worlds, good on deepsky objects (DSO)and not bad on the planets.
You could go for a faster f/4 which will give wider fields of view on DSO's but the faster the optics the more you need to pay more to get a good mirror.
I think most come with reasonable eye pieces (EP's)these days. You shouldn't need to upgrade on these for a while.
Of course you will come across many points of view on this forum, so it's ultimately up to you to way up the pro's and con's.
Hope this helps.
Justin.
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