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Originally Posted by jcwade
Get the one with the largest mirror.
An equatorial mount is also a necessity. Otherwise, it is VERY difficult to track anything.
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If only doing visual observation, and with a small scope (4" refractor or 5" reflector) that won't really support super high magnification (100x-200x max), the tracking is less of an issue.
My second scope was a manual Newtonian OTA on a Dobsonian mount. No tracking.
I think Equatorial mounts or more complex, heavier, and more expensive than a similar Alt-Az mount, so at this level of scope, probably not ideal. Unless you're doing AP, I don't see an Eq mount as a necessity. My first scope that was a 102mm Orion was on a camera tripod.
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