PhilSpo

Hello, Thanks for the replies. I can get the XT8i from Amazon UK for £712 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Orion-SkyQuest-IntelliScope-Dobsonian-Telescope/dp/B000P2ZPB2 or its £779 for the Sky watcher. Yes its purely for visual use. I want to get my kids to be ableto look up to see the night sky. Cheers

Hello Everyone, So for about 10 years I have had a Celestron Astromaster 130 EQ. The tripod is pretty broken now although the tube and mount is fine. Anyway I have roughly £700 to spend on a new telescope. I have been looking at the following two telescopes. Orion SkyQuest XT8i IntelliScope Dobsonian Telescope https://www.telescope.com/Orion-SkyQuest-XT8i-IntelliScope-Dobsonian-Telescope/p/102012.uts Sky-Watcher SKYLINER-200P FlexTube SynScan GO-TO Telescope https://www.widescreen-centre.co.uk/sky-watcher-skyliner-200p-flextube-synscan-go-to-telescope.html They are both roughly the same price, one is a 'Push To' and the other a 'Go To' apart from that they both look the same? Is this correct? Usually Go-To is much more expensive? So i am wondering why the Sky-Watcher is so cheap? Or do any of you guys have any better reccomendations? I would like Go-To or Push To. I have spent too long with the Astromaster struggling to find the object im looking for. Cheers Phil