g'day frostyricho,
you will want to get a second hand HEQ5 like
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...d.php?t=133489
with the dob by itself its possible to video the planets and hand guide the dob for tracking. most planetary photography is done via videoing. software is used to remove the blurry frames, centering the planet and then stacking the file to reduce noise. this is even possible by converting a cheap webcam (how to
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/63-431-0-0-1-0.html ). here's an example from the forum - pretty impressive
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...d.php?t=137139
For planets try Registax 6.
http://www.astronomie.be/registax/
For deep sky, its not video but longer exposures generally from 30 seconds upwards. the idea is to get good tracking and as much added time as possible. try deep sky stacker
http://deepskystacker.free.fr/english/index.html
there are plenty of how to video's for using these programs on youtube.
these also allow some basic photo editing for more powerful photo editing you may want to try something that has a trial period.
do you know what type of cameras you will be using?
Russ