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Dys, I think everyone here has been blinded by the Moon at some stage!
The first planet I saw through a scope was Saturn.
I had (and still have in the shed) a cheap 6-inch Chinese reflector, with a spheroid mirror. Not the sharpest views by any stretch, but Saturn was easily discernible, once I found it in the eyepiece. The rings were edge-on at that point, so it looked like the planet had an insert at each end.
I'll never forget that discovery, and also my wife's amazed response at seeing it for the first time.
That precipitated the research that led me to my current setup.
And I have had similar feelings at my first sightings of Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. And VY Canis Majoris, but that's a different story!
Now, if the clouds would only clear long enough for me to see Mars...
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