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The 12 inch LX90 is an unknown quantity; I haven't read any reports of performance but I would imagine that the same limitations that exist with the 8 inch would still be there (no mirror lock, clearance issues with fork, less accuracy possibly fork flex etc). There is additional hardware required to enable astrophotography on an LX, wedge, guidescope (+APM for LX90) etc. If you're hell bent on an SCT why not consider a losmandy G11 or EQ6 mount and C9.25 or C11 OTA, then you'll have decent astrophotography platform and good visual performance as well. Take a look at some of the results Striker has been getting with that setup. Rumples has gone that way as well with a C9.25 and EQ6.
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