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Its not looking too bad right now, not fully clear but at least some visible sky between clouds, fingers crossed

Well not so lucky after all lol, just before the moon came up I saw one star for about 5 seconds then the clouds obstructed the entire sky yet again, can see light coming through the clouds where the moon is but that's all. Another disappointing day for me and my scope

The lows of astronomy alas!  

I hope you are right. Best of luck there.

Even though the skies was not clear I was able to determine the light pollution was under half what it was before they changed the lights, All I need now is a good night without clouds to see the difference it will make 

Glad to hear that. You will need to see how it is under winter conditions when there is snow on the ground. There are several different make of L.E.D.s being used all over the country, some full spectrum (not good) and others using older technology, hopefully you are in one of the better areas. I will be interested to hear how you fare.

ive got quite a tight budget at the moment so looking at something like this one 

https://www.firstlightoptics.com/startravel/skywatcher-startravel-102-synscan-az-goto.html

good choice, you carnt go wrong with a skywatcher, im a big fan of there astro gear, and the startravel scopes are well built with good optics, i have the st120 frac what i use for the moon and sol, it works well. goodluck and clear skys charl.

Yeah my first/other is a skywatcher 200P dob. I decided to keep that for viewing and go for a lighter one for imaging so I can transport it about easier