Hello and welcome,
Not so much as what telescope to recommend, but a link for understanding what you might be able to see with various scope apertures. Deals with "seeing" conditions, scopes under 12" and various planets/DSO visual aspects.
The article covers aperture and optics over various benefits of differing scope design.
Ultimately, next to your budget, I would place the weight/easy of use of the astro package as a whole next (Scope, mount, associated kit). Too heavy or complex and your reluctant to setup and break down, too light and you'll always wish you had bigger scope.
Steve
http://www.deepskywatch.com/Articles...telescope.html