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Hi Matt,
You will be best to observe the brighter objects like planets,moon, glob clusters, open clusters, planetary Nebs and of course various types of stars with your C8 in the outer suburbs of Brisbane. Nebular clouds, galaxies need alot darker skies to show any detail in the light glow of suburban Brisbane. You have to remember that we have not been having the clearest seeing up here at the moment so this will hamper faint fuzzies visually. Only try to go for the faint fuzzies at new moon and try to set up in the darkest part of your yard, get dark adapted and you should be able to tease out a little bit more detail in the brighter ones.
You need to get that scope out to darker skies and then you will see alot more objects the difference between suburban Brizzy and say Leyburn dark sky site is no comparison. I can see more with my 5 inch Mak at Leyburn than my 12 inch Lx200R in Brisbane.
I have the same trouble with a 12 inch scope in suburban Brizzy but you will start to see things with more experience and the right night.
I ended up getting a good quality astro video system to beat light pollution as I don't have the the time to get out to dark skies that often and this camera has been the best investment other than my scope as it displays almost photo like images on a monitor but in real time.
Regards Matt
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