NapoleonicGamer

Hello again sorry its taken a while to reply, I thank you all for your advice. I have ended up buying a telescope, I have bought a Celestron Nexstar 8 SE, I really like the other ideas but saw a great deal on Amazon for it. Have got it used for £715, from a seller in Germany, but apparently its unopened so hoping if it isn't in English I can change it to English in the options on the handset. Am now probably going to get some accessories for it, such as a power pack, and Dew Shield. Another area I could use some advice on is the actual eye pieces, the Celestron comes with a 25mm eye piece but am thinking of getting this celestron eyepiece pack seeming I got the telescope for such a reduced price https://www.amazon.co.uk/Celestron-94303-Eyepiece-Filter-Kit/dp/B000A3OPTE?th=1 Think I will wait to see the scope first though just incase I cant switch it from German and have to send it back.

Hello, so I got properly into astronomy around a year and a half ago now when I bought my first pair of 10X50 Binoculars on the advice of a group of Astronomers who recommended it as a starting point over a telescope. I must say that was very prudent advice, and I have had some great viewing experiences with my 10X50 binoculars which I used in conjunction with a cheap tripod I bought from amazon. Now I have had great fun with my binoculars and if I was to narrow down the things I enjoyed looking at the most, it has to be the Pleiades star cluster which look fantastic on a clear night, but for me the thing that beat everything else was Jupiter and the moons. I have lost count how many times now I have gone out and had a look at Jupiter which is a very bright bit of light with its distinctive four moons on a good night either side of the planet through my binoculars. I have also looked at Saturn but unfortunately not made out the ring in my binoculars, as well as looked at Mars which is basically just an orange bit of light inside my binoculars. Now I don't really know how much better it can get with a telescope, but I want more power, as I want to be able to see the cloud bands on Jupiter and see Mars properly formed etc. I also would like to properly explore some deep sky objects, which my binoculars are not powerful enough to give form. I am looking to spend up to about £1000 pounds on a telescope and have been thinking of buying from these so far as a rough plan, but obviously would do well with some advice; Celestron 11068 NexStar 6 SE Computerised Telescope https://www.amazon.co.uk/Celestron-11068-NexStar-Computerised-Telescope/dp/B000GUKTDM/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=celestron+se&qid=1600202026&sr=8-2 Bresser Messier MCX-102 GoTo Telescope EQ/AZ https://www.telescopehouse.com/telescopes/telescopes-by-price/telescopes-500-1000/bresser-messier-mcx-102-goto-telescope-eq-az.html Those two I have put in are computerized and honestly I do wonder if I would just be better with a manual one but am not sure in this regard. Appreciate any advice others can give however.