Roger,
You can get great views of moon, planets, DSO's plus astrophotography with just the newt, good colimation and the right eyepieces and a camera capable of "long" exposures. You don't need guiding for modest exposures but even with the guiding, polar alignment is important. It is quite easy to drift align once someone explains it. You can guide through either scope while imaging through the other.
The EQ6pro, big newt+modest APO combination won't come cheap but this is similar to where I've ended up.
What is your budget?
Peter
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