The mount should be your prime requisite if you wish to use it for astrophotography. I would not buy anything less than an EQ5 with motor drives. I have both an EQ6 and HEQ5 with Goto on both and find the EQ6 to be by far the best out of the two. It is larger, has a better load carrying capacity and generally seems more robust and better suited to the job. Both are quite a lot more than you are indicating above but either willserve you well and allow for your telescopes growth a little.
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