banders808

Thanks for that advice guys. Much appreciated. Not sure if my viewing is serious enough yet to warrent a 150, however, it is food for thought and will depend on how much budget I can arrange.

Hello all, I'm looking into upgrading my telescope. Currently I (My Daughter) has the Sky-watcher Heritage 76, and I have a Celestron Travel-scope 70. Both I have found to be fantastic for the backyard astronomy that me and my daughter do (On those rare cloudless UK nights). I'm looking for something that would render a bit more detail and get closer in to the moon and planets but have the versatility for DSO. I'd like to be able to piggy back the travel-scope as a guide-scope or a camera for Astro-photography. Looking at First Light Optics, I'm torn between the Sky-watcher Explorer 130M or the Skyhawk 1145P. What are peoples thoughts on the above setup? Any other scopes I should/could consider? Thanks in advance. Phil