Lowest viewing angle

[SAW]

Hi,

Complete noob here but looking to get my first telescope as we've just moved and have more room now it's something I've always wanted. Our garden is south facing so I presume I'll get to view things for longer while they move east to west ? but there's a house at the bottom of our garden and a tree bottom right will these block anything ? 

Here's a link showing a picture from the back of our house. Would the house and tree obstruct anything, what's the minimum angle you can view things from anyway ?

<a href="http://s346.photobucket.com/user/simon109/media/Antenna/75A5DD20-6777-48F7-B9FF-1804BB036074_zpsknrymy2z.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p422/simon109/Antenna/75A5DD20-6777-48F7-B9FF-1804BB036074_zpsknrymy2z.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 75A5DD20-6777-48F7-B9FF-1804BB036074_zpsknrymy2z.jpg"/></a>

Thanks.

[Dave Lloyd]

Doesn't look too bad at all. There seems a fair bit of sky there.

[SAW]

Thank you. I'll expect the tree may block a things for a while but wasn't sure about the house. It's about 11m away from the back of our house.

[Dave Lloyd]

Viewing is better the higher objects are in the sky. You're looking through a lot more atmosphere at a low elevation.

[RichM63]

As per Dave, you should be good. But do make a point of getting to know your new neighbours on friendly terms, it can help if ever you have a security light issue.

Welcome to SGL.

[Paul73]

Yes. It will block some things. But, as Dave says, you have plenty of sky to work with. You won't be running out of targets!

Paul

[Dave Lloyd]

+1 for the security light issue. Good neighbours will be sympathetic to your concerns.

[mikeDnight]

From my own site I have a decent north, east and south view. The west is interrupted by a near by hill. Never the less I find in my case, in the suburbs of town, that anything below an angle of 30°, as measured from the horizon, tends to be troubled by poor atmospheric conditions. As a consequence I tend to avoid observing in that region unless I really must. There are also certain sweet spots where I know I will get good seeing much of the time and certain spots that are not so sweet, due to cowardly neighbour's, who insist on using their central heating when the temperature drops to minus twelve.

Mike