I am a beginner at buying telescopes and I do not really know much on what to get. I have narrowed it down to either getting the Orion XT8 or actually building one from scratch from telescope.com, using their Orion Build-A-Scope 8" Classic Dobsonian Telescope. The question is; what is the best configuration to use if I want to mainly see outside our solar system. I want to be able to see different nebulae and star clusters and things like that, so any help on what exactly to include would be appreciated . Here is the link where you bulid you own:
http://www.telescope.com/Telescopes/Dobsonian-Telescopes/Build-A-Scope-Dobsonians/Orion-Build-A-Scope-8-Classic-Dobsonian-Telescope/pc/1/c/12/sc/31/p/99143.uts
http://www.telescope.com/Telescopes/Dobsonian-Telescopes/Build-A-Scope-Dobsonians/Orion-Build-A-Scope-8-Classic-Dobsonian-Telescope/pc/1/c/12/sc/31/p/99143.uts