Check out Orion Telescope at
http://www.telescope.com

Check out their new reflector StarBlast...a short reflector, with a variation on a Dobsonian mount, for about $150. Worth checking on.

Orion also has a great FAQ/first time scope buyer section that will lead you down something other than the garden path.

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