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Hi Kat. You are really going in the deep end here. Trying to image and autoguide a 12" LX200 classic first up will be a challenge. First thing we need to know is if the classic has an autoguiding port. Assuming it has then you will need to bring the 12" focal length down a bit with a Focal Reducer. A meade 6.3 FR at least, though 3.3 would be a better. Unfortunately the 3.3 isn't really suitable for DLSR size chips. You will need someway of mounting the guidescope to the top of the 12" as well as adjustable guide rings. What sort of guidescope is it? If it's of good enough quality then you may well be better off imaging through the guidescope and guiding through the 12".
btw the 12" would be great for planetary imaging with a webcam and barlow. For that all you would need is the capture program (stark labs have a free program called craterlet) and Registax for processing the AVI you capture.
That's just the tip of the iceberg. I'm sure others will pipe up with other recommendations.
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