Help deciding new scope please

[tramsden]

Hi

I'm coming back to astronomy after some time out due to personal problems.

I'm cursed with limited sky from my back garden, as we all are, but I'm looking for a scope mainly for visual dso work but may later add imaging.

Previously I had a lx90 which was good and I'm looking for similar qualities such as ease of set up and goto. I saw the ad for the Meade LS 8", which seemed great but on research I found bad comments on it's alignment process which needed 180 deg clear sky to work. I'd like to add iPad control from sky safari but the LS is not compatable.

I thought about a purchase from the celestron range, feed back on that would be welcome.

I would greatly value any suggestion

Tony

[x6gas]

For visual DSO stuff I suspect that many people will recommend a large apature (Skywatcher) Dob. These are available with GOTO (e.g. top of the range is First Light Optics - Skywatcher Skyliner 400P FlexTube GOTO).

The Celestron C9.25 and C11 seem to get favourable reviews on here, but at f/10 you'd need a focal reducer for larger DSOs. I have read that these will be phased out in favour of the EdgeHD scopes but not sure if that's true.

[onesmallstep]

Hi

What about a replacement LX90, possibly second hand.