Bukaki

Thank you all for the info. It seems that there is much more I need to learn!

Thank you for the advice! I'm currently weighing the convenience of the goto ease of the c8 package vs a larger dobson with manual observing. Not sure I have the patience to find everything. Hmm. Larger is better but until what point? An eight inch aperture vs a 10 inch vs say a 12 or 14? Strictly viewing the stars with maybe cell phone through the eye piece photo and video.

Hello all, I am looking into buying a telescope and I'm being told to spend as much as I can afford. You get what you pay for essentially. I was wondering what the real differences are between the celestron nexstar8 and the more expensive models. I've only really been able to get good views of the moon on my last telescope which was an astromaster70. I would like to be able to see good images of the planets and also see deep space objects. I don't take photo or video at the moment, but is the nexstar8 compatible with mounting a camera? Any help and advice you have I'd appreciate it. I guess I wouldn't really want to consider anything over 2k USD at this time. Thanks!