Chris, your reflector should be fair game for planetary, but the refractor wouldn’t have the reach to show enough detail to be anything more than a novelty.
Since you’ve got the mono 1600 and filters already, why not give that a go. Be sure to make ruthless use of the Region of Interest (ROI) to be able to amp up the frame rate.
A 2x Barlow should be enough to get you in the ball park, and don’t be shy with the gain (just keep it within the analogue gain range).
I’ve been using a 462 this season and it has good QE and low noise, but it’s not essential to get results. Good collimation and focus is...
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