Rob

whats up? im responding to your message here so that anyone can throw in their advice all is welcome and the more the merrier please thank you. i live on long island new york and im about 15 min from the beach. most of the time i will be observing from my backyard im 1 hoour from NYC. i def want a goto tracker. i was looking at the xt10g and at the 8se... i def want to be able to see planets as clear as possible. i want to be able to see the seperation of rings and the jupiters storm. id really like to see neptune and pluto and venus as best i can. i would like to see some DSO. (is that deep space objects? im new to this lingo lol) galaxies and nebuleas like those redish horese heads and sprial galaxies...i also dont know if im imagiing too much and what my hopes are for these scopes arent realisitc bc im known to dream too much