Telescope purchase advice

[xmaslightguy]

So I've been bitten by the KSP bug and now seriously want to own a telescope to view things in the sky. In the fall I will be going very far north for college, and from visits know that it is easy to get away from all light pollution and get an amazing view of space. Because of this, I'm interested in purchasing a telescope for myself, and was wondering if the KSP community had any recommendations.

Criteria:

• Cost less than $200
  
• Able to withstand below freezing temperatures for short periods of time
  
• Tripod so I can easily use (6' 2" is my height)
  
• Magnification so that I can at least view the red spot on Jupiter
  
• Smaller size it better, but not if it violates the previous criteria
  

Thanks for reading and any advice you can give. I'm also interested in recommendations on what I should view besides the moon and other planets.

[Godot]

Hm, depends ... I guess for planetary observations, refractors are better,, while for deep sky observations reflectors are better (at least if we compare telescopes of equivalent diameter)

If you want to get the biggest diameter for your money, I guess a Newtonian is the way to go (with other words, the simplest type of reflector telescopes)