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Hi Spotty,
a bunch of newbies like myself are going out to a dark sky south of Brisbane, ie near Stayplton, tonight. You're most welcome to join us if you want to have some help with the scope. What you have there is a very very good scope and even in Brisbane suburbia you should be seeing things like globular clusters ie Omega Centauri. Try this test - aim it at the outer star of the southern cross pointers and see if you can resolve the double star there. Use a 25mm and it should be visible in a 12 inch. If you have some other eyepieces like 15mm or 10mm you shuld really be able to split the pair. I use this as a good test to make sure my scope is clear and the skies are reasonable.
As I said, PM me if you're interested in coming out tonight, a bunch of us will be there.
cheers
Rod.
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