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For a starter you can't beat an 8-10 inch Dobsonian with a telrad finder.

I still miss my fast 8-inch Dob from La Maison de l'Astronomie in Mtl.? It was about 200 mm shorter than the standard f6 Dobs on the market and gave wonderful wide views and could pull in bright galaxies from my back yard in west Ottawa.? Under truly dark skies, it beheld wonders indeed.

Also, as a beginner the simple pointing mechanism helped me learn to star hop and learn my way around the night sky.

A good star atlas (or planetarium software -- I like the free and open source, Stellarium) are a must-have unless you are using a go-to scope.

If you want to try before you buy, you can rent a scope, fairly affordably from Focus Scientific (maybe they suspended this under Covid?) at:

1891 Merivale Rd. Unit 4, Bentley Entrance, Ottawa ON K2G 1E5, Canada

Phone: +1 613 723 1350