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Allan, certainly not around my area of the NSW coast. I have been trying for a couple of months, to get a good look at Saturn's rings with my new Classical Cassegrain but the Seeing conditions have yet to allow me to push it beyond 200x. With both Jupiter and Saturn reaching Opposition in just a matter of days now (Jupiter first then Saturn a week later (21st of July). Last week we had a number of clear night's but the planets appeared murky even at low power (supposedly due to dust blown in from the SW). I was so frustrated i just closed up the Observatory and brought the gear inside the house. I will try again closer to actual opposition but I heard tonight there is an East Coast Low spinning up for a big dump on Tuesday and Wednesday of this next week. Very frustrated.
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