After considering my needs further I have actually decided to go ahead and order the 80mm 5000 ED Meade scope. I was attracted to the shorter focal length at F6 (rather than F7 for the 102mm) which suits where I am going with wide field photography.
I have just placed the order with Star Optics. I will post a review of the scope once I have taken delivery and had time to play with it some.
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