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Crash,
I agree with the others, unless you have a burning desire to get deeply into astrophotography the dob mount is way better for you at this stage of your astronomical pursuits. There is nothing more frustrating with a telescope than a cheap flimsy equatorial mount trying to support a telescope 5 sizes bigger than the telescope the mount was designed to support. Unfortunately this is the type of equatorial mount that you get with telescopes at this price level. A good quality equatorial mount designed to carry an 8" newtonian like a Losmandy G-11 is about $5k. The dob mounts on the other hand that come with these scopes support the telescope very well and are much easier to operate.
The others have suggested you get the 10" dob, I will recommend that you stick with the 8" dob as I think it will be a lot easier for a 14 year old to handle.
CS-John Bambury
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