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Like Vaz says, an 8" dob is a great instrument, take can provide a lifetime of viewing. It is a great planetary instrument, an terrific with the Moon. It is capable of resolving hundreds of globular clusters & show fantastic detail in nebulae & galaxies.
It can be used to take photos actually, but this is limited to the Moon & planets as these are bright. There is also free software that is used to stack the many frames of video that is taken, & the software is powerful enough to do all the aligning & processing that's needed for fine images to be produced. For fainter objects an equatorial mount that tracks is needed
There's an article project about photography with a dob in the articles heading in the left margin. Have a look.
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