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Under 1K and goto, don't forget your paying for electronics instead of quality glass. You can find anything you want in the sky with your inbuilt pushto calculator (brain). Quality glass, mirrors or those other things, should be at the top of the list with a sturdy mount second, you can update the mount later.
6" on a dob mount would be ok but an 8" much better, the 8" will have better resale.
equatorial mounts that are good are above your total budget (meaning quality, repairable with available spare parts that can hold a reasonable weight). Second hand might be the way to go. If you borrow one with a Newt on it to try and have issues with the eyepiece ending up at odd angles , rotate the OTA to a better position.
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