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Thanks for all responses and advices. Yesterday I had an occasion to operate and watch the sky through Sky-Watcher Collapsible Dobson 12''. Additionally I was able to check if it fit my car and it does :D. I decided to buy it without GoTo mount. It is too expensive addition and I prefer to spend that saved money for different useful accessories or even one or two good eyepieces. Anyway, thanks for all help :]

Hi, Thanks for constructive responses. I was not aware of those inaccessible positions of an eyepiece and total weight in case of astrophotography, so thanks for pointing that out. I thought 200/1000 Newton on EQ5 would be nice set for visuals with base photography potential but it looks like there is no all-around solution, at least in that budget :] I have not considered Dobsonians because of mobility issues (required in my case) and I am afraid of manual tracking difficulties with larger magnifications. Anyway, I took your advices into consideration and made some more research. I found that collapsible Sky-Watcher Dobsonian tubes will fit my car trunk and manual tracking issue could be resolved by SynScan version mount. Only 8” and 10” versions will fit my budget (12” too but without SynScan). All these telescopes are delivered with two eyepieces, so this thread problem will be solved - at least for now :] One thing that still concerns me is Dobsonian mount mobility. I am afraid I will need to disassemble it for transport. @cletrac1922 could you give me measurements of those largest pieces of Dobsonian mount (side and bottom board)? One last question. Is manual tracking of Dobsonian so hard for larger magnifications as I think that is worth to invest in GoTo mount type?

Hi, I am about to buy my first telescope Sky-Watcher BKP P200 DS+ EQ5 mount with polar scope and steel tripod. Scope details: - diameter/focal length 200mm/1000mm (F/5) newtonian - finder 9x50 90deg. - focuser 2" Crayford with 10:1 microfocuser and 1,25" reducer - standard eyepiece 2" 28mm My question is, what additional eyepiece should I buy first? I am looking for the most versatile option for that kind of scope. I was thinking about 1.25" 15mm together with Baader Barlow 2.25x/1.3x. That combination would give me 67x, 87x, 150x magnifications with 1.25" 15mm eyepiece (plus 40x with 2" 28mm). What do you think about it? Is it good for start or should I focus on some shorter eyepiece without Barlow? My types are: - Sky-Watcher WA 15mm 66deg. - Sky-Watcher SWA 15mm 58deg. - Explore Scientific 15mm 70deg. - Sky-Watcher UWA 16mm 80deg. What do you know about them? Can you suggest me one of them or give another example in similar price range (up to about 100EUR or 82GBP)? Thanks for time and help.