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Originally Posted by flatbutt

How much aperture do you have? Or are you imaging instead?

I've got an 8" SCT, and I'm in Bortle class 3 skies.

Jupiter and Saturn are always great subjects. I never really get tired of looking at them. I haven't gotten a good look at Mars with my new scope since we moved to the country. Years ago with an 8" Dob in the 'burbs, or a very steady night, I managed to get Mars up to about 300x. I saw a polar ice cap and the "canals". It was pretty spectacular to see the detail.

At our new place, the double cluster and the Andromeda galaxy and its brighter companion galaxy are really easy to see unaided. And I often just look up when I take the dog out and marvel at the Milky Way.

I also want to get a good view of M51 at our new fairly dark homesite.