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Originally Posted by zultan
Thanks everyone for the guidance, it is appreciated. I guess am drawn towards the Celestron kit because it a. comes in a funky box and b. At this stage, I really don't know what I don't know. I need an opportunity to play with different things and learn (the hard way) what does and doesn't work for me.
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The problem with learning the hard way is that it can be expensive. These kits cost around $300-400 which is a LOT of money for a set of plossls!
You will find that once you get into it, you will largely only use 1 eyepiece 90% of the time. I have 5 eps in my kit ranging from 41mm to 10mm and I use the 17mm easily 90%. When I had my previous set on my 12" I basically used the 24mm Panoptic 90%, the 13mm Nag 5% and the rest 5%.
The point I am making is use the gear you have and learn the various strengths/weaknesses, what you like about it and what you like observing before spending that sort of cash. I cannot think of a single regular observer who uses one of these kits.
Cheers
Malcolm