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I like my Celestron 114EQ now that I bought some better eyepieces (Baader Hyperions). The eyepieces that came with it are pretty bad and I thought I'd bought an unusable scope, but with good eyepieces its so incredibly clear. The same eyepieces in my celestron FirstScope I am able to make out Saturns rings (just, no Cassini obviously). Cassini division and Jupiter bands and Saturn/Jupiter moons are all visible to me in the 114EQ. Collimation is still letting me down and I know the scope has more to give. I'm still learning so I haven't looked beyond the solar system except at a few open clusters so I don't know how well it performs observing beyond those. I think it is a pretty capable and good value scope (under $350), not enough magnification (is there ever?) but should be around double what your current scope delivers at similar f. I'm still toying with getting a decent cassegrain + eq5/6 combo for astrophotography but the 114EQ sits near the back door and is easy for me to (carefully) pick up and carry outside for visual sessions.
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