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I believe the scope comes with a red dot finder, which is all you need if using GoTo. These don't come with a shroud, but I believe Bintel sell a shroud for it. Not essential unless you have significant stray light sources where you observe.
An atlas is a good idea, but if using GoTo, some good observing guides may be more useful. The Deep Sky Observing guides are a good option.
Dew heating equipment is next obvious ones. I use a Kendrick Digifire7 and it has given years of service without any issues. For the heaters I use the Kendrick ones, again no issues apart from the Velcro tabs on the eyepiece heaters comes away after a while, easy to fix with a needle and thread though!
Collimation tools, try a Cheshire first before using a laser. I use both but have found the Howie Glatter stuff to be noticeably better than the inexpensive lasers.
Table and chair pretty much essential if wanting to work through charts and guides or keep notes of observations. An observing chair is nice, but not essential.
I am not a big fan of barlows, prefer good quality stand alone eyepieces. The scope only comes with a 32mm ep and 12.5 illuminated plossl, so a good mid power ep should be considered. Eyepieces can be expensive so I am hesitant to advise without an idea of your budget. Having said that the 15mm GSO/Bintel Superview is a nice inexpensive performer for only $50 so worth giving a go while you make up your mind.
Cheers
Malcolm
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