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Hi Peter,
Many folks, including me, have several scopes. My six go from a 2" through to a 17.5", including a C8 & a C5. These are my only motorised scopes, and I mainly use them for lunar and planetary work as they track, and this makes them handy at star parties too. They are also relatively quick to set up, certainly quicker than my big dob. I'm no fanatic when it comes to alignment as I don't do any type of long exposure photography.
The photography gear wouldn't be as flexible, meaning you will be seriously considering any move of gear you do to a different site.
The fork in the road for you is this: do you go all out photograhy wise, and very small amount to visual, or keep the C8 and also get the 10" scope.
Just for another flea in your ear, I've been hitting the Eyepieces forum pretty hard in sourcing EPs (and not expensive ones) for my C8 to look to make it as flexible as I can. She's about 30 years old, and still such a good scope.
What price would you be looking for the C8 too? If the return you get from it is good enough to satisfy your Bank Manager, also known as the missus. Astrophotography aint cheap money or time wise, it's not just the scope and mount.
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