Since selling out of imaging gear, I am being tempted to acquire a good visual scope or two. I have a nice 8" f5 Newt, which is everybody's obvious choice as a visual allrounder, but there are some great bargains around in new scopes at the moment. I would like to get something suitable for planetary observation and maybe EAA imaging ( a la frame stacking), with long focal length. Of course practical limits to useful focal length need to be considered. I would rather not depend on Barlows but the alternatives seem to be big aperture and long focal length designs, like Cassegrain. GSO has a new 10" Cassegrain inbound to Andrews which looks very cost effective, but I do wonder how often I could use it.
There is a sale on Celestrons right now, so they could be an option, and I think I might not need HD type optics, so cheaper still.
Thoughts?
