My (sons) first scope was an Meade ETX125 Mak. We live in light polluted Croydon Park. For planetary it gives outstanding views whether city or dark skies, and my father reckons that in a dark site it still gave better DSO views than his 12" LX200 in kellyville.
We often take it up to Macq Uni for the their open nights and often have people come up to us and say that viewing Jupiter through it was better then any of the other "bigger" scopes there.
I also have used it for some planetary video and have attached a pic of what was taken in our backyard in the city.
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