Recently, my son and I have become the proud new owners of a 10" LX200 GPS telescope.  What a difference a few mere inches of aperture make!    Check out our planet pictures now:

Jupiter:

 
Single raw photo
ISO 400, 257mm, F2.6, 1/125 sec

Saturn:

Single raw photo
ISO 400, 257mm, F2.6, 1/8 sec

You can see Casini's Division most of the way around,
as well as a faint, darker band on the planet itself. 

We still have a ways to go, but we're slowly getting there.  Now, if only the clouds would
go away...

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