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Old 18-03-2019, 04:12 PM
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Priority 4: just get a 6 or 8in dobsonian, no goto or anything, as simple as it gets and fantastic for visually something to do while your AP rig is busy. Also easy to pop outside and show stuff to friends.

As for an OTA, maybe forget and use your existing camera and lens with a dovetail camera mount and work on your setup and alignment and tracking of you mount, and the processing too... an OTA adds magnification that fast amplifies mount issues. So maybe patience and just use camera on mount first to get understanding and refine your setup/teardown process and gear storage, maybe pick up tracking issues that need to be addressed regardless too. Something to get on with while deciding on OTA.
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