Time to upgrade to a 10in Dob! Light buckets are quite fun, specially in a dark sky site.
In our club, we have a 12 11/2” and 18” DOB, and a 10” refractor in the dome.
I have a Stellarvue 115mm APO on a Losmandy GM8, maybe I’ll get to the observatory when the weather clears up.
You can’t beat a light bucket, some years ago we took our 18” out to a dark site and it was great, the sky wasn’t the greatest that night, but I did manage to see 4 out of 5 galaxies in Stephan’s Quintet.
I haven’t been using my refractor (115mm) it’s a a little too much to set up at the moment. I had some medical issues to deal with this year, and not quite ready to do some heavy lifting yet. I’m in Northern Illinois, I hope your skies are better where you are 🙂🔭