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Hi Sandra
Your 8SE will give good pictures of the bright parts of a nebulae such as M42 but there will be no colour even from a dark site. For most places within the Sydney area it won't be easily seen due to the light pollution. Using your 26mm eyepiece the FOV is about 36 arcmins (M42 is 66 arcmins across).
When you look at Saturn the main ring should be clearly shown but little else with the 26mm eyepiece. If the conditions are not good a 15mm eyepiece will give a larger view but probably no better detail. The 9mm eyepiece will only be suitable when conditions are good.
Taking photos of the planets will require careful adjustment to exposure times to avoid washing the image out due to over exposure.
Like Allan says try to look at what others are doing at an astronomy gathering.
Barry
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