What are the thoughts of the NG on these two newtonians. I have spoken
to some retailers and had conflicting reports on the Europa. The
Explorer is available with a motorised EQ5 mount for around GBP£400.

If I want to start taken digital photos of both planets and deep sky
objects would the difference between 8" and a 10" mirror make that
much difference?

Apologies for so many posts recently, but I want to make the right
investment and value the NG contributions

MT.