We live in a still unpolluted (beautiful clear dark sky) area in northern Wisconsin, and I purchased what will be our first telescope before I found this site. It's not out of the box yet, so I'm looking for info. It is a reflector (I think this is better than refractor since the skies are clear and bright??), Meade ETX90 with starfinder and tripod--$500. We have not used telescopes before, so we are amateurs but we want a good (not cheap, not the best) piece that will last and keep us interested. Any thoughts? Thank you.

Hey mjf--you are so cool!

(Just testing the site)

On top of this section is a thread about telescopes, there is much advise in that :)

You picked a nice telescope for your place in Astronomy... congrats.