As I am off work today I have spent the day trying to decide what scope to go for - inbetween looking after my 1 year old twins that is. I keep reading other posts on the forum when people ask for info on what one to go for, I keep look at what others have in their signatures when I look at the photographs they have taken, I keep studying the makers websites, keep reading in the magazine etc etc but it still doesn't make any sense! Once I think yes that is the scope I will go for I start looking at mounts and eye peices - just the basic stuff needed and bang my budget is blown! All typical I suspect but I just don't want to buy something that I will have to upgrade in a year, saying that though I still do not forsee have 1k+ in a year to spend on new equipment! Budget is tops £500 now for everything - not much I know but a huge repair in the house has taken out my budget very recently so my thoughts of doing astrophotography are blown now!