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Also, how about? Orion StarSeeker IV 130mm GoTo Reflector Telescope Seems to offer similar specs, apart from Equatorial mount, but fits very comfortably in my budget, infact leaving behind some spare cash. But then, will always need to do stacking in PP. :-s Buying the first one is really tough, no?

Okies, thanks for valuable suggestions. I have narrowed it down to this selection: EXPLORE SCIENTIFIC EXOS-2 PMC-EIGHT WIFI GOTO MOUNT + GSO 6inch F/5 Imaging Newtonian Telescope by GSO But this combination is getting a bit out of my budget. Another option that am getting available to buy at my location and in my budget is: BRESSER MESSIER AR-102S / 1000 Refractor with EXOS-2 GoTo Mount Compromise on aperture from 150mm to 102mm will be quite a bit for the use-case I explained above, right? Or will this be a good first scope as well?

Will an OTA with 150mm aperture, 750mm focal length and a 6mm eyepiece be a decent combination? Obviously considering the optics of the OTA to be decent grade.

Hi everybody My primary interest is astrophotography though it would also be fun to explore lunar craters and other planetary details. Being from photography background and having dabbled in milky-way etc photography using DLSR over past few years, I understand a few things about fast/slow lenses, focal lengths etc. But then, being a wannabe beginner with telescope, am not very sure of how eyepiece based magnification will factor in. Hence, I am struggling to decide on my first piece of telescope: Needs: GoTo (to get help with developing interest in night sky observation easily), Motorized Equatorial Mount (for astrophotogrpahy of deep sky, lunar phases etc). Don't want to spend time in stacking pp. So, I have almost finalized a mount - Orion SkyView Pro Equatorial GoTo Telescope Mount Where my confusion lies is the OTA. The ones fitting in my budget and available at my location are of specs around: 130-150mm aperture and 600-750mm focal length. I guess that it would be good for deep space astrophotography, but will it be enough for lunar and planetary observation? If not, then what should be the aperture and focal length range I should be looking at? Or am I hunting in entirely the wrong direction here?