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Marty, for even semi serious astrophotography, really need a minimum budget of around $3000 without even considering a camera. Minimum spec for a mount would be HEQ5, or Eq6, any lesser mount and you are sure to be disappointed.
There are alternatives, Jeanette (do a search for user jjjnettie 's posts) gets some very pleasing results with a GStar video camera and a fairly inexpensive mount. Mike has done some great planetary stuff with just a dob and Webcam. A good starting point with a $500 budget would be to get a nice 8 inch dob as a starter scope, you could then mate the OTA with an equatorial mount and some other necesssary bits in the future for some serious imaging.
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