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crimson_ghost
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I have never owned a telescope before (actually, only looked through one scope once in my life). But I have always been interested but could never bring myself to spending the money. Now I have a family and a very curious 6 year old, I suppose thats the finaly push I needed.<br /><br />I don't wish to purchase something I am going to outgrow - and I don't want to buy something that makes me skip a mortgage payment. So my friend (the one with the scope) mentioned this site to me.<br /><br />My children want to see the plantes - I want this as well as deep space. I have thus far selected Meade Starfinder Equatorial 16" F/4.5. I have done a fair amount of reading and still cannot make any difinative claims of one scope vs. another. <br /><br />I know I want to take pictures and I would love to have the ability of connecting a Laptop to the scope. It must have a computer and auto tracking. <br /><br />Thats about all I can think of now - can anyone point me in the right direction. I really need some guidance on what scope to buy. I live in eastern PA near NJ -- I don't know of any shops here, can anyone suggest a good online store to purchase from?<br />