Whoops – I gave the altitude for Brisbane running AEST as plotted in Starry Night Pro. I just set the location to Canberra and at 4:30 am AEST SNP gave an altitude of 34 degrees. Although this is getting close to the “magic” 30 degree barrier, I think you should still have been able to see the rings of Saturn.
A Brisbane time of 3:30am AEST would be equivalent to 4:30am (AEST + 1 hr DST) for your local time when SNP gives an Altitude of 23 degrees. This is quite low for planetary observing, although I would still expect to see the wobbly rings?
Cheers
Dennis
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