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FWIW if at some point in time you are considering astrophotography you may want to consider the Meade with its mirror lock system.
I had an 8" LX200 (sold it to Iddon) and bought exactly the same OTA to go on my GM-8 mount. I've looked through 8" 10" and 12" meade scts and 9.25" and C11 celestrons. Visually not much difference in the quality of the views between them, though obviously the larger the aperture the greater the resolution and increase in "brightness" of any given object. I wasn't particularly impressed with the C11, though the one I looked throught had some serious collimation issues. There were three things that convinced me to get the 8" meade.
1. Along with the carbon fibre 9.25" celestron it was the lightest to move and carry (the celestron is around the same weight).
2. It was considerably cheaper than the carbon fibre celestron.
3 I am primarily interested in using it for astrophotography and I could get the meades with the mirror lock. This is only available to the celestrons as an after purchase kit and I'm not sure but I think you have to drill holes in the end of the tube to fit it.
Just something to consider
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