Hi DJ,
Welcome to the club.Went and had a good read of your questions and seems you're a bit like me.I have decided on a skywatcher sw252 on an eq6 mount.
This scope gives me a reasonable amount of aperture(10") and a low f/ratio which i can utilize for astrophotography later on. The eq mount is a must though for photo work.
This scope is costing me $2600.00approx. But of coarse then there's all the xtras to come later,lol.
Hope you find what you need (not want).
Cheers,
Duncan
