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Originally Posted by desler
I've been searcing and can't see anything, even remotely, My question is, with the 8 inch GSO am i likely to be able to see a Mag 7.0 object from a light polluted area or am I looking to head to a dark sky area or simply wasting my time and move on to find something else?
Darren 
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Ngc5128 is for comparison purposes, a large and low surface brightness object. There is another galaxy in centaurus ngc 4945 which should be much easier to spot. A couple of others worth trying would be the spindle galaxy ngc3115, and M104 sombrero galaxy.
If you take your scope to a dark sky site you can see these objects in your finderscope and the difference between suburban viewing and dark site observing has to be seen to be believed.
In short, extended objects with low surface brightness will be the hardest to see where there is light pollution.