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Originally Posted by haznomad
Hi everyone , im new to the forum and new to astronomy and am looking for a bit of advice in buying a new scope . I have stumbled upon " Andrews communications " thanks to this forum , they have a 12" Guan Sheng Dob
Haz
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Harry,
I would just like to reinforce the fact that a 12 inch is nearly always a large and heavy instrument, and therefore it is likely to be difficult to set up and use for the beginner.
A more practical aperture, for the beginner, is 8 to 10 inches.
It is remarkable how often beginners buy 10-12 inch telescopes, and then they find that the instrument is too difficult to lug around and to use, let alone to carry it to a dark sky site. I have seen these huge unused "white elephants"
many times in my over 37 years of using many different telescopes.
I strongly urge you to read the discussion, in this forum, entitled "Recommendations for a beginner telescope", as it deals with the practical side of using telescopes of different sizes. The discussion entitled "Semi-beginner semi-first scope advice" deals with the options for some of the smaller sizes (4-6 inches).
cheers, madbadgalaxyman