My Name is Marvin. I have been an on-N’-off observer for over 70 years. My first telescope was an Edmonds Scientific 3 1/2" Newtonian on an Alt/Az mount. My next was a 4" Newtonian on an equatorial mount. Then came a Cave 12 1/2" Newtonian with superb optics but under rated mount. I finally graduated to a Takahashi FS-152mm f/8 Refractor. I also picked up a Russian made 6" Mak-Cas with fantastic optics. Best I’ve ever seen in a non-refractor format. I use it for my grab-N-go scope but, at my age, I don’t do much “going” except to my back yard. Hot summer and gold winter nights do limit my observing. I have dabbled in astrophotography but now limit myself to visual only.