Thanks for the reply.
Mainly DSO's, galaxies, variable and binary stars.
My academic and industrial background is in high energy physics, nuclear enginering and cosmology. I've never owned a telescope in the past funny enough as working around the world, having the hassle of setting it up etc and of course not being
that transportable always put me off. Back then I also lived in a highly light polluted environment.
I was not that interested in 'visual' astronomy as such, more imaging the objects and examining the results later (as per my past career involved). Smart scopes fill in all my tick boxes:
1. Highly portable for a hike, quick transport in the car or air
2. Built in imaging (not bothered at visual eye piece), I use Lightroom and Photoshop for my Leica photography so experienced in post processing on the Mac
3. Quick setup with WiFi connection to a device allowing me to target objects
4. Low weight, lugging heavy kit even into the garden is a negative for me
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I have a budget of around £2,500 which covers these new French smart scopes. I see Celestron have or will soon launch the Origin scope, however again the put off for me is they overall weight, size
although Celestron have an illustrious history in making fine instruments. I also understand its a F2 or something, whereby the French scopes are around F4-5, but to me this is really not an issue.
Thanks
Nick