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I did astronomy for a while and ended up selling most of my astro gear at the end. Just driving to and from a dark site and spending an entire evening took too much time from my weekends.
What I kept are a couple of giant, large aperature binoculars which I can bring out on moments notice if there's a sky event.
I sold my Takahashi APO refractor used mostly for astrophotography, Losmandy equatorial mount, guide scopes, Celestron C-8, Televue refractor and several eyepiices, Astro-Physics diagonals, camera bodies, hard shell cases, etc, etc, etc....

My suggestion to the OP is to visit star parties and check out the equipment before plucking down some serious $$. There are a lot of junk out there, both inexpensive and expensive, so do your research.