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First stay away from GSO RCs (I have owned one), a good refractor or Newt is way less trouble. Refractors usually never need collimation, in my experience, and I consider that a big benefit.
I have owned a TS 115 Photoline and it was a wonderful scope for the years I had it, I eventually sold it to Alex here on IIS. The Photoline series from TS have excellent specs, and a high quality focuser and general build quality. So i believe the TS130 looks good. Service and delivery from TS is first class, and trouble free. Scopes are shipped via UPS, with triple shipping boxing with foam padding. UPS handle all inbound clearance and it can take as little as a week for delivery from Germany (and with TS things are usually in stock), no waiting).
These days, I retired from imaging and switched over to EAA, using an ED150, which is a great value scope for that purpose,.
Good luck.
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