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Ice,
welcome to the frustrating world of webcamming. OK, I'm no ace, but... (and bear in mind all this is from memory from the last time around)
With the likes of Jupiter or Saturn (Jupiter being brighter) I use around 1/25th second, maybe 1/30th with Jupiter.
I like the gain as low as possible, certainly about 10% or so, or zero.
Brightness I normally have about 80%. Gain about the same, maybe 75%. Saturation near the top, but play with that.
Try the auto white balance. I normally check the box, watch it change to a natural hue, and then uncheck it, leaving it unchecked.
With anything like this eyeball the image on the monitor, and get the detail visible by adjusting the brightness, and the gain, and the shutter speed. but keeping the gain as low as possible. I focus on the Cassini, or a satelite if you are lucky enough to image when there is a transit. I actually view first, and then decide if the seeing will stand my attempting to image, but at your stage get out and try it.
I actually went through a night, imaging Mars where I experimented with differing settings, and wrote down these settings and compared notes at the end of processing, perhaps you should as well.
I am sure I have or had a program that "clipped" onto the camera settings, and actually turned the sliders into recordable models, so you could duplicate these settings again. Try me off forum for this, I will have a look.
After all this I have just realised that you are probably using the dob base, and if so, man it is a good start. Keep at it.
Gary
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