Hi Michael,
I'm in the same boat as you. I've just ordered an HEQ5 but haven't been billed yet, so not sure what's happening there.. Anyway, the scope I was looking at is the TS 65Q apo
http://www.teleskop-express.de/shop/...eld-diam-.html It's on the small side, but if you google images taken with this little thing they look amazing. The bonus is that it's affordable and it comes with a built in flattener and my understanding is that the FPL53 glass is pretty good. I had a look at the 80 and 100mm doubles, but when you throw in the cost of a field flattener (not sure if it's necessary or not.. think it just affects the sides of the image?) then it adds up to a fair amount of $.