Refractor scopes are actually the best type for observing planets because they produce the sharpest images. The weakness with reflectors is that the light path is interupted by the mirrors; their only advantage is that it’s easier and cheaper to scale up a reflector to gather more light which is why they’re preferred for deep-space observing.
Always loved playing with the tracking knobs on the telescope. With minor adjustment could follow any object in the sky clear across the sky. Wanted an automatic but since I bought and paid for the telescope could only afford what could afford. Worked a long time, doing odd jobs for neighbors, to buy that telescope. Was my pride and joy for many years. Then came girls. Wow! If I only knew then, what I didn’t know then ....