Attempted viewing while camping at Turon Gates (capertee) between Lithgow and Mudgee over easter weekend.
Very dark skies (the first for me) satellites clearly observable till very low altitude, well, more than I am used to in Light polluted Menai!
Pushed the little Mak up to 440X (6mm plossel with 2X Barlow) while training on Saturn and was rewarded with the best I've ever seen at that power. Didnt quite capture the detail I so long to see but the shape of the planet and rings were clearly defined, sharp and not moving in and out of focus like I'm used to seeing. So I presume the seeing to have been in the above 8 area.
The conditions were very still and despite the time of viewing of only 22.00 meaning maximum air temperature drop the image was clear. The days were around 27C but we awoke on two mornngs to -4C yes that is a minus not a typo.
See photo's attached. Honestly, how do you cope with 35C fluctuations and the dew that is caused?
I would have loved to check out Jupiter and Saturn again later, but right at the moment of swinging to it something happened to my hand controller, I lost all text and any controls to move the scope at all.
Scope was then unceremoniously repacked for the rest of the weekend. Am currently searching for a quick home fix rather than risk losing my hand controller forever to Celestron.