Spitfire38

They are happy to demonstrate the system working but can only do it during the day. I will keep all your points to mind so thank you very much. 

Should be seeing it this weekend so fingers crossed it all works out

48 minutes ago, Carbon Brush said:

Welcome to SGL.

The first comment is to ask who is selling the scope?
Scopes bought on a whim by someone with little knowledge may not have been looked after.
If you don't know how to assess the package for problems, you may get a lemon.
Though sometimes you can get a genuine item at a good price.
At £260 against £365 new I would expect a reasonably new scope in good condition. Importantly I consider myself able to assess the scope and seller.
But if you are inexperienced, do you want to risk some of the £260 if it is not what it seems to be?

HTH, David.

Yes, I absolutely agree. Thankfully the seller is very close so it will not be a problem to go and see it in person. 

They state it is fully working and has only been used at their house. Examinationing the images I cannot see any cosmetic damages.

Are there any points you recommend I ask / look out for?

Hi All,

I am eager to get into this hobby and was hoping to upgrade from binoculars to a proper telescope.

I was looking at second-hand telescopes and came across a Sky-Watcher Explorer 130/650 with an AZ-Go2 WiFi mount for £260. It comes with a SynScan WiFi adaptor, a SynScan hand controller and a Sky-Watcher auto-focuser. It also comes with some eyepieces, filters and other bits & bobs.

This seems like a lot of equipment for a first telescope but looking at retail prices it's more than 50% off. It's not much more than I was expecting to pay for a beginner Dobsonian.

Would you recommend I pick this telescope up or go for a more basic Dobsonian? I am willing and prepared to go through a steep learning curve so that's not an issue. 

This is an equivalent telescope from FLO:

https://www.firstlightoptics.com/sky-watcher/sky-watcher-explorer-130p-az-go2-wifi-parabolic-newtonian-telescope.html