The OP said mostly planets, which was why the suggestions were tending toward large refractors.

If the person wanted to look at mostly deep sky objects, then the suggestions would have been more toward large refractors (including Dobsonians).

At any rate, doing homework by reading some of the intro material already linked to should be the primary recommendation.

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