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All this time without the cash is making me change my mind too often. And I'm slowly stretching the budget, even before the money rolls in. I'm now figuring on about $2,500.
What do you guys reckon about this? I've already got an 8" f/6 dob. For this new budget I can get either:
1. EQ6 Pro + rings (to mount my 8" Newt) + 10:1 Crayford + Baader MPCC + T-ring + Skywatcher ED80 + hardware for piggybacking onto 8"
Or
2. EQ6 Pro + 10" f/5 Dob + Bob's knobs + rings (a set for each Newt) + Baader MPCC + T-ring.
What do you say? Would you rather have an 8" Newt and an ED80 all on the same tracking mount, or an 8" Newt and a 10" Newt, one on the tracking mount and one on a dob mount?
I know I can later use the ED80 for guiding, but can't affor that now, so I'm beginning to think that it would be nice to have a separate scope (albeit a non-tracking dob) for visual while the camera is imaging away on the mount.
There are a few ways to play around with this, such as getting the ED80 and mounting that, but leaving the 8" on the dob mount for visual, but I think I'd rather have the bigger scope doing the imaging, and I've no way of mounting the ED80 separately, so imaging and viewing are pretty much mutually exclusive with the ED80 option. They go quite well together with the 10" option.
Why can't I decide? Either way I'd probably like to one day (far distant future) upgrade to a C11 with Hyperstar and ED80 as guide scope on the EQ6, plus a separate scope for visual (a dob or maybe a CPC/LX200 SCT).
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