Ok, went and visited my friend, Don, at Bintel today and bought myself an ED80 Pro with the rings etc.
We chatted about the camera side of things and now he has me wondering if I should get a CCD instead of the Canon 40D I soooo had my mind set on.

I can see the pro's and cons for both, but what does everyone else think? I'm considering the new Orion Starshoot 6MP but its $500 more than what I can get a 40D for..... any help would be very much appreciated.
Hagar, point taken, thanks!