£8k - what do I spend it on?

[fickle owl]

What I had thought….

Robotic Telescope - produces images on mobile phones and tablets with minimum training
1 x Unistellar eVscope 2

Manual Telescopes - requires some training
Stella Lyra 8"

1 x Ursa Major 4" Dobsonians

1 x Celestron 90AZ instrument

Solar observations - safe observations during the day
USB 3.0 Mono Camera

LS50 - B600

Skywatcher ED72 H-alpha Solar Telescope

Skywatchers Solar Quest mount

Solar Wedge

Power supply

[quick saddle]

Um

What is ur goal here

Visual?

Deepsky photography?

Planetary photography?

EVERYRHING?

[cosmic python]

8k is a lot, you can get a killer setup

[quick saddle]

Question is if he wants to learn

[cosmic python]

well it's easier to learn on a good setup

[mellow crane]

If I had this budget I would get an Edge HD 11

[wary girder]

For ap I would start to consider an observatory with that budget

Actually not enough for ob

You can do cem70/120 with stellarvue stuff

[rigid quail]

If your Completely new to the hobby is would start small, so you get to know what you like, and if like more the Ap Visuell etc..

[cosmic python]

definitely start small if you have no idea what you're doing, and judging by some of the items added seemingly at random in your list I'd say get something like an 8" dob and then think of the rest

[hollow copper]

That's a pretty strange list....
First of all, I would get a good, robust mount. No matter if visual or astrophotography and with what telescope, it is just more enjoyable if you have good tracking and no wobble (of course also consider the weight if it should be portable).

After that, you can think about what exactly you want to accomplish (focal length, fast optics, little effort for maintenance etc.) and that will dictate which telescope fits best. If you're relatively sure that astrophotography is right up your alley, now would also be the time to start looking around for a camera.

Once you've spent a few nights with the telescope and actually took some pictures, you can think about automating things. For example, a small computer can guide, platesolve, or focus automatically with the right add-ons.

I don't think it's a good idea to buy a rig with all the bells and whistles (or even multiple rigs) when you have no experience. Rather buy less, but high quality equipment and then gradually expand it to meet your demands.

All points above are just my opinion. I am also relatively new to the hobby and you should not take everything I say at face value.
Also sorry for the wall of text.

[proud urchin]

As others have wisely said start small and build up. The second hand market is pretty good to swap out and upgrade as you go anyway.
Or failing that just buy bitcoin 😀

[limpid heart]

honestly i think if you really really are willing to learn, perhaps this might be nice(please study up on how to do things, the learning curve can hurt):

CQ350 Pro Mount with Heavy Duty Field Tripod

[limpid heart]

if you can't get these on a good deal, anything eq5/6 is already very nice

assuming that you will do visual:

honestly an edge 9.25" seems nice but go for more if you want

camera-wise and guidescope just go crazy tbh

[limpid heart]

didn't see this but

[carmine whale]

Good choice. however, you'd need more than what money is left over to mount it and put the right equipment on it.

[mellow crane]

That’s true.

9.25 then maybe

Or an 11” edge HD occasion

[fickle owl]

Setting up Astro club for students

Want something to use to teach them basics and something that they can use out the box

[wary girder]

Oh

A bunch of dobsonian

Some solar scopes work too

[quick saddle]

Yes get dobs then. Assuming for visual stuff right

No photography

A bunch of 8" dobs

Or 10"

Depending on if you can carry them

Or 12"

The bigger the better

And probably some good eyepieces?

/barlow

[limpid heart]

honestly 8 inch+ nice eyepieces and books would be a nice start

[hollow copper]

Oh wow that changes so many things!
You should mention something like that from the beginning. 😆