For $400 its a good deal on a 10 , just be cautious about your payload on that Az EQ mount
My 8 f5 with camera , guide scope , mini auto focuser , finder , dew heaters and cables weighs in at nearly 14kg on my EQ6-R mount which is just about its limit for sub arc sec guiding. My EQ6-R has a total payload rating of 20kg ( AP rating of recommended 65% which is 13 to 14 kg )
The 10 with bells and whistles would be up around 17 or 18kg ??
Just a heads up
Payload weight and good balancing is paramount for good guiding and obviously chasing after faint fuzzies
Cloudy Nights has some good posts on 8 and 10 newts for AP
I was originally going for a 10 but chose the 8 and glad I did , the 10 is a big beast on a tripod mount , ok if on a fixed pier
Good luck with it !!
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