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Originally Posted by sunslayr
If you wanted to go for 8" I'd get the EQ6R it's a lot of mount for the price. On the other hand an ED-80 is the go to beginner scope you might want to start there, nice wide field of view, easy tracking, light and portable. I use the 290mm mini as my guide camera but the 120mm is pretty good too. I think the 72ED guide scope is a little overkill the 50 and 60mm orion guide scopes are much smaller lighter and cheaper.
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Hi,
Thanks fore your feed back. I probably will go with the EQ6R mount as would also be more versatile for later. I was looking at using the 200/1000 tube as main scope to shoot planets, etc and then the 72ED as guide scope and also as stand alone for Nebulae, etc. Could the ED-80 also be used as guide scope for the tube? Or is this a bad idea to use the 72 or 80 as guide? Possibly buy the tube, ED-80 and a 50-60mm Orion as guide??