cajen2

I like the dob for its simplicity and the SC for its manual go-to ability without messing about with wi-fi, exact location/time settings, etc. I'd eventually buy a Baader Hyperion zoom / Barlow combo for the dob, as I've heard good things about them.

Ok, I'm new to the forum and, though I've had a lifelong interest in astronomy, I've never bought any serious equipment. I've spent months researching whatever I can and have a few problems: 1. I have a severe shortage of storage space (and money!), which rules out any of the larger-aperture scopes 2. My garden' s overlooked by a couple of yellow street lights (I realise that I can buy LP filters but have no idea how effective they are) 3. I need a good all-round scope as I'd like to view planets, double stars and at least the brighter DSOs. Now the ridiculous part: I've narrowed down my prospective scopes into two very different bits of kit. The first is the Skywatcher 150 flextube dob and the second the 6" Schmidt-Cassegrain Starsense Explorer. I realise they are vastly different in price but both have the virtue of fairly small overall dimensions for the max aperture. Any opinions or do you think I'm just crazy? 😛