can you tell us a bit more about your interests and experiences?<br /><br />Visual observation, astrophotography. What area do you live in, how bright is it? How close are you to a dark sky? What kind of vehicle do you drive? (Important when looking at the size of the scope and transporting to a dark sky) Want to do star parties? <br /><br />What's your level of experience with the sky? Any constellations you recognize?<br /><br />Buying a scope is a big investment, and doing some pre-planning is really important, imho.<br /><br />A less expensive scope may be better to start, even, until you figure out where your interests will end-up being. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>.</p><p><font size="3">bipartisan</font> (<span style="color:blue" class="pointer"><span class="pron"><font face="Lucida Sans Unicode" size="2">bī-pär'tĭ-zən, -sən</font></span></span>) [Adj.] Maintaining the ability to blame republications when your stimulus plan proves to be a devastating failure.</p><p><strong><font color="#ff0000"><font color="#ff0000">IMPE</font><font color="#c0c0c0">ACH</font> <font color="#0000ff"><font color="#c0c0c0">O</font>BAMA</font>!</font></strong></p> </div>