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G'Day Mark,
My budgets not great, but I'm trying to build up in stages. What I don't want to do is buy something that won't be of much use later on... the plan at this stage, when I get back from my hols next year, I'll buy a 6" Dob and a few accessories to let me do some prime focus/afocal on the moon and planets. Next step, buy a decent mount (I'd prefer something like the Losmandy, but like you say, there's a huge price difference). With the small scope/good mount combo I can do basic DSO's. Next step would be to buy a bigger scope (10-14"), which coupled with the good mount could do some serious imaging.
But yeah, reality sets in and price will probably be an issue... I guess it all comes down to how much of a difference the mount makes, and whether you can learn to compensate for a cheaper mount?
Cheers,
Brad
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