"Even a small, cheap scope with a 2" objective and 60x magnification (like I have had since I was a kid) will let you discern the diameters of Venus and Jupiter (and perhaps Mars and Saturn) to let you differentiate between these bright planets and any stars (which will remain points of light no matter what telescope you use, unless you have a government sized budget).
Cecil? Come in, Cecil."
Ramblings of a celestial gyro-aerospace engineer.
Grettski, you have too much time on your hands.
I think Cecil is still trying to find his 7th planet from the sun.
Orion's belt? Heck, I've never even found Orion.
