Mine was a Meade 125EX 2 and a half years ago as a birthday present. I thought I was getting a lawnmower, there where that many boxes. I really had no idea it was a scope but apparently Carolyn decided it was a must after we visited Parkes earlier that year.
After a couple of issues and some research I changed for an ED100 and a HEQ5, built an R.O.R and got thoroughly sucked into imaging and am now on the upgrade path after recently getting a new mount and picking up a beautiful Tak FS 60 at the end of last year. Trying to hold off on the next scope until I really understand what I want to focus on.
What really attracts me to this hobby though is that I am learning so much about cosmology, astro physics, astronomy, image capture and processing, its absolutley fascinating stuff and my library is continually expanding.
