You might wanna read the reviews on the LX80, while it would be fine for visual work i don't think its going to do very good AP. I was going to go the route my self and spent a lot of time chasing down info. There has being a ton of complaints and issues with LX800 which is there Big Gun, lol i hate to think about the LX80 after it. But please read the reviews, i do love meade though there latest saga has left me spiteful.
no.1 is you get what you pay for
if the mount can move close to a g11's capacity why would you buy a g11?
Get a HEQ5 and a ED80, you will be better off IMO
Some people may say a eq6 though trust me when you have to lug the thing around ya'll be peeved, i hate moving the heq5 but its gear ratio's, performance and steppers are the same as the eq6 with a lower load capacity. And hell if you wanna play with newt's later on, just sell ya heq5 off and get one or keep it for dark sites. Lol my wife just picked up a 12" skywatcher goto yesterday and i was thinking this won't be much more then the 10", well i must of being having a blonde moment, because there know way in hell i would lug it to the backyard on my own. Any person who does not own a perm ob and has a year or 2 behind them will tell you lugging heavy gear around is a real turn off and will often leave you loosing interest quickly. I thought it was all bs to start with, like yer i can move it so bah, well i don't know how many times myself and my wife have said I just can't be bothered bringing the scope out tonight.
I'll leave specific advice to others, as it's not my area of expertise by a long way. Gut feeling is that you could do some nice photography and spectroscopy with that set-up, but I'm sure others will help. One other thing to consider would be whether you want to have a budget for accessories, such as an eyepiece or two, in order to do some visual astronomy as well. Hope you get a nice scope!
AHHH ! Meade ...
.ya gotta love em ? 
