nice job mike, you're not wrong about the 12" SW goto either, you should have a crack with imaging with it! would love to see what a cooled ccd could do

vs a dslr (my latest dslr effort - although its no longer in use for imaging
https://www.flickr.com/photos/803366...ream/lightbox/
actually, your setup is pretty much what i'm aiming for, a nice dob to do some visual while the imaging gear is slaving away in a dome. a dome and the property that goes with it is probably about 5 years away yet