[Ghen (Ed)]

I've got an 8" F6 GSO dob, that has been driven round the sky quite actively for the last couple of years, with the 2" superview 30 and more standard plossel 9mm eyepieces that came with it.

My preferred viewing is generally seeking out small grey fuzzies, galaxies and nebulas. The scope lives just inside the door of a particularly badly insulated shed, so have little issue with cooling the scope at the beginning of the night, and a very short distance to move it.

I'm out in the back blocks of Auckland, so while there is skyglow in the east, the zenith and to the west is pretty good.

I've got upgrade-it is now, and was looking at a few new goodies, like a 2" barlow for the large superview eyepiece, a better quality shorter eyepiece in the 9-6mm range, and possibly a nebula filter to help with the contrast.

Adding it all up though, if I sell the scope, and don't buy any goodies, I can pretty much fund the F5 12" scope.

Aperture is king? or is the 12" dob going to be too much of a bear to move around? I can't justify the price hike to a truss scope though unfortunately.

Thanks