Jon
If you are fit and averagily strong
I would totally recommend a 12" LX200 ACF on the wedge and with the giant field tripod as your next scope
A good step up in aperture while still remaining manageable - I used to set mine up from scratch several nights a week no problem and I had the whole imaging kit and caboodle. A brilliant out of the box all round performer scope and the views visually are fantastic.
I had its predecessor the
12" LX200 GPS and eventually put it
under a dome. I detected the horsehead neb under dark skies and managed several 15th mag galaxies, detail in the red spot of Jupiter and split a 0.6" double star! It is quite easily used for long exposure photography and gives good results for both plaentary and deep sky - heaps of accessories available too!
Here are some imaging results I got with its predecessor the 12" LX200GPS and simple
piggyback autoguiding and remember the optics are now better, to handle larger chips!:
NGC 1365
NGC 1232
Trifid jet
M17
There are lots of online forums and info for these kits too - great bang for your buck.
Make it easy on yourself and just order a 12" LX200 ACF (from BINTEL) and be done with it
There you go no bull just 100% from experience
Mike