Let's hope you get an opportunity to catch Neptune this season, Ed. it is well positioned in Aquarius to find by a simple star hop from Skat.
I had good views at a Tasmanian Astronomical Society observing night in late October. I could not resolve a disc but the colour and it being not quite resolved as a point of light confirmed the observation. At just under mag 8, it is well resolved against the nearby faint star field. Neptune has only dropped a fraction of a magnitude since opposition.
Cheers
Steve
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