Swift 859D (300 x 152mm) Telescope Recommendations

The Dobsonion Reflector telescope is the affectionate favorite of the serious astronomer.The design is mainly to gather light, a lot of it.Its called a gigantic light bucket ! Its view is called rich field, which is a low power and super wide and very bright.Most Dobsonions are on sliding teflon ball bearings or "lazy susans" which the user manually turns to track the orbiting bodies. This telescope design is the most cost effective for the maximum amount of light being gathered. Just think, this telescope sees close to 400x brighter than the human eye.