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Hi Mike, you have a number of options here as I see it, depends on what you want to do primarily.
A 10" dob is transportable ... if you have a suitable vehicle of course. I have a wagon and the scope is light and breaks down. The advantage of 10" of course is aperture which means you see more. The disadvantage is setup time and transportability..
My 'Grab & Go' scope is an f5 80mm Achro Refractor on just a simple tripod. Easy to take anywhere and quick to setup but obviously lacks the aperture to see DSOs the 10" has.
Long term I'd like to upgrade that to an 80mm or 100mm APO.
A 6" SCT in my case would be a handy 'Grab & Go'. Packs down small, quite quick to setup and I'd get a power pack or ensure my batteries were fully charged. A 10" would therefore be my next buy to give better seeing, anything smaller is not going to make much difference over what you have.
Grab and Go is also well suited to some good binoculars, 10 x 50 minimum.
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