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Hi Rob
Iv had my SA for about 6 months now and loving the learning curve.
I would mirror what Alex has said, outgrow what you have before moving up, I have been getting some really good results with the kit 250mm lens on my canon 550d, orion is showing great details for example.
Iv been getting pretty solid 2 min exposures and then stacking them in DeepSkyStacker, remember to combine the light frames with dark frames. Iv been using backyard eos (backyard nikon is also a thing) on a $160 gumtree laptop and its been a great budget friendly way of imaging.
I too have been looking for my first real scope and have been considering the Skywatcher EVOSTAR 72ED thats has (about to be?) released, looks like it will $499. The SA is rated for up to 5kg and I think with this scope only being 2kg, even with camera and such, you should still be under the limit by a good margin.
Just my thoughts, feel free to ask as many questions as you like.
Regards
Chris
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