What eyepieces do you have Tony?
Better allow another few hundred there.
At least for moderate quality lenses
Battery power in the fork arms won't last you long. How about a 12 powerpack ($50-$100) . A 2 amp Regualted power supply to run of mains ($100).
Photography? Wedge $350 for an 8". Focal reducer? (f/6.3) $240
Off-Axis guider $140. Piggyback bracket $80
(This is also part of the reason I got the 8" and not the 10", gave me more money left over for accessories. 8" plus all the above accessories about the same price as the 10" when I priced them (within a few hundred bucks or so))
I'm not trying to put you off Tony. Beleive it or not quite the opposite actually, just doing my civic duty of warning you of the bottomless money pit you could find youself falling into if you don't watch where your putting your feet.
Clear skies
after you buy your scope. You don't have that much money
