Hey, Stuart, if you can see a planet through a scope, then you can take it's piccie with one. One thing that annoys me is the snobbery that's in some quarters of the amateur astronomical community about what "type" of scope is best for what imaging. Sure, some scopes are better than others at doing different jobs, but that doesn't mean you can't take good images with the others...point "proven" right here. Great piccies, mate. Take more planetary shots with the RC, it's a great little scope
Agree with Carl, telescopes are pretty versatile pieces of equipment and there is no reason why any particular kind of scope cannot be used as seen fit by its owner.
You have some nice detail in these images, very crisp, you must have had some stable air to image through, not sure about the colour it looks washed out but that is such a subjective topic. The resolution that you have achieved would indicate the potential to try for more image scale.
Looks like this scope might get some further use as a planetary imaging instrument and maybe with a filter wheel and filters for some decent colour.
These are very interesting and good images, particularly given the number of comments which have been posted in recent months stating that these are more suited to DSO rather than planetary imaging.
