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Originally Posted by Saturnine
Hello Grant and welcome to IIS, it is a great forum with lots of knowledgeable people to help if you need it. I am a little sceptical about you seeing Pluto in your 5" SCT though, at Mag. 14.3 I think it is a bit faint for your scope. Seeing the other planets would have been quite a buzz though. Nobody forgets the first time they see Saturns rings or Jupiters moons and cloud bands through a decent telescope.
I have to add that the light pollution here in Woonona is getting worse and the hills behind us are a cloud magnet that gets most frustrtating at times. Yes, I'm in Woonona too.
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Thanks for the welcome Jeff.
Yeh, observing in Woonona has its challenges, I'm only 300m to the coast so think there is a bit of sea-spray hovering around at times. I agree the escarpment brings the clouds over too. Still I'm quite impressed with what I could achieve anyway, am looking to travel a little out west around Robertson, Kangaroo valley or Exeter to get away from light pollution.
Looking forward to conversing with you more.