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I will 4th those comments above.
At the end of the day an 80mm telescope is realistically unsuited to visual astronomy, particularly DSO observation. No matter what it's quality, an 80mm telescope is still just an 80mm telescope. In other words, "a very small telescope", which you can't see very much with.
My advice would be to forget about astrophotography at this time and learn the sky, how to find targets and enjoy the visual spectacle.
In this regard you could get an 8" or 10" Meade Lightbridge with Argo Navis fitted, for less money than you were originally planning to spend on "a toy telescope" and see 500 times more with it and still be just as portable and transportable.
If you want to learn something about astronomy, buy a Meade Lightbridge. If you want to take "pretty pictures" yet know nothing about astronomy and see very little visually, buy an 80mm refractor. Astrophotography has progressed to the stage now with the available hardware and computer software that anyone with the appropriate computer skills and a telescope, can take "pretty pictures that look good", despite the fact they may not know very much about astronomy. Then you move to the next level of "serious" astrophotographers taking long exposure deep images, that actually make a contribution to science.
Cheers,
John B
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