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Hi Stellarquest,
I agree with Steve. I personally don't see a need to own both 8" and 10" scopes or 8" and 12" for that matter.
I would recommend selling the 8", you mention you have a good offer on it and buying a 10" lightbridge.
Whilst a 10" won't go quite as deep on DSO's as the 12", it is a lot more portable and user friendly IMO. The 10" will "almost" equal the 12" for lunar/planetary/double star work and importantly, will be less affected by poor seeing for high power work than the 12" scope.
IMO if your going to keep the 8" scope as your "portable" scope, the step up needs to be to about 14" or 15", to get a really noticeable increase.
CS-John B
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