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@ Dhumpie: I can't really agree with your view on large telescopes and the observations made with them. Before my 12" Starhopper I had a 4.5" newton. With it I've seen a lot of deepsky-objects but never for a long time. About 10 minutes or so. Everything just seems the same. Galaxies are fuzzy balls of light, globs the same, PN are dim thingies with almost no details. Now with my 12" I observe one object longer, much longer. 15 minutes is the normal amount of time spend on an object. Some bright or nice looking things like M57 take up 25 minutes or more.
Even when I'm searching for an object I spend more time now. Two weeks ago I've spend 30 minutes on M101. I didn't see it but I think that I've recognized the field. Same for M51 and Abell 39. And the funny thing is that I'm not disappointed about it. While searching you just fly around between the stars, sometimes you stop for observing something interesting like double stars, OCs, ... .
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