Hi Stephen,
Your contributions to the sites are much appreciated. I'm inspired! Thanks!
Coincidentally you shared that you use an SV102. I'm still a bit new and quite uninitiated to the world of telescope optics but have after two months of pretty heavy looking decided for now that a 102 would serve me best. I've read about the 102 being a relative sweetspot for AP. Having never had a telescope I cannot confirm that however your owning one is telling.
It's a longterm wait for me as it is since it will take me a year I think to both slowly break the news to my wife and save up the necessary capital for either
Doublet AR102 Refractor with Twilight 1
or better:
http://store.explorescientific.com/ed127classicwhitenewedtessentialseries-1-1.aspx+mount and all.
I appreciate you listening and please keep up the fine work.
John