Why would you recommend a Bird-Jones scope like the Starsense LT? It's bad enough on a yoke mount but a spherical mirror with a correcting lens is awful for getting good images. The First scope is no better with a spherical mirror that can't be collimated with cheap eyepieces and no finder. Instead of the First scope accessories package (cheap eyepieces and awful finder) you could have suggested a red-dot finder and a Plossl eyepiece. The First Scope and Starsense LT doesn't fit your "No junk Policy". Newtonians should have parabolic mirrors. The Skywatcher Heritage series are the decent ones in your list.
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Why would you recommend a Bird-Jones scope like the Starsense LT? It's bad enough on a yoke mount but a spherical mirror with a correcting lens is awful for getting good images. The First scope is no better with a spherical mirror that can't be collimated with cheap eyepieces and no finder. Instead of the First scope accessories package (cheap eyepieces and awful finder) you could have suggested a red-dot finder and a Plossl eyepiece. The First Scope and Starsense LT doesn't fit your "No junk Policy". Newtonians should have parabolic mirrors. The Skywatcher Heritage series are the decent ones in your list.