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Sub element - having read the threads I think some are a little bit negative, I have not has a skywatcher but have been happy with my WO 66, the build quality is very good and it will lastme forever ( as a guidescope when I upgrade). I think either the WO or skywatcher would be fine - admittedly you won't be able to chase DSO's, and you will need to barlow your oculars to get planetary views(I don't recommend going below about 7mm on an ocular{unless its expensive} - so barlow a 7-8-9 mm ocular giving 100-150X.
You could look at cassegrain type - while not the best for imaging (due to slow optics - long focal length) it does give a bit of a compromise.
Andrews have a 6" cassegrain on heq5 for 1799, throw in a focal reducer to assist your imaging and it is both portable(though no scope is really portable), will let you do some imaging & also give some viewing of planets and dso's.
In saying this though I had a 4" mak-cass which I didn't like - and could not care about the extra increase in aperture and just kept my 66mm scope.
I think what some of the other guys have been saying is that imaging is difficult, and you may not get good results if you just buy some equipment & try and image. I think it takes most atleast a couple of years to really understand what they are doing - and learning the sky is part of it.
I am probably going to buy a 6" or 8" Dob - not really for myself but for friends/colleagues who are really only interested in the planets. Once i get it though, I will probably start chasing dso's in my spare time.
Good luck with your purchase - if you make the wrong decision just list the items here in the classifieds and move on.
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