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Thanks for your thoughts everyone, a lot of great info here. I should probably re-classify the observatory as "semi-remote" as it will actually be sitting on my family's farm that I visit every two weeks or so. But the skies are pretty dark out there, and I like a good project, so hence the observatory.
As for telescope I've been doing a bunch of research over the week and I'm leaning towards:
-GSO RC12A
-TS-Optics 0.67x for RC telescopes
-Rainbow Secondary mirror focuser
-CEM120 mount
This would put me at 1633mm focal length for f/5.3, which is not too dissimilar from my RC8 which is at 1625mm at f/8. I've also read a lot about the .67 reducer and heard good things, plus it should work perfectly with my asi2600 camera. On top of that I've read that these truss tube RCs are actually pretty good, despite the GSO reputation for the fixed cell RC tubes, plus after my many attempts on the RC8 I think I've gotten pretty used to RC collimation.
Aside from the standard RC collimation pains can anyone see any glaring issues with the above?
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