[skysurfer]

After a rainy and cloudy week in the New Zealand North Island, it cleared up in Whakatane and setup my ED110 scope this morning at 9:00 (07:00 AEDT) and looked up Saturn. It was visible without a problem.
Later on at 14:30 (12:30 AEDT) I looked up Venus, obviously without a problem, but the much fainter Mars (+1.4) showed up in the deep blue sky.