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You must have been using a low power eyepiece on Saturn Alan. A 10"
will give a very good image of Saturn, especially if it is favourably placed. You should easily make out the Cassini division if the seeing is good.
Jupiter's moons will look like stars in a low power eyepiece, but a high power one will show them as tiny discs. Saturn's moons also look like stars, but need very high power to render any of them as discs.
Jemmo, You should get a used 10" dob for $450-550, which is the largest
easily portable size in my opinion. If you end up with a Dob, just make
sure you get one that has enough back focus to allow you to attach a
DSLR camera. Many brands do not. Skywatcher is one brand that does.
You never know, after seeing some good things, you might want to try photographing some of them.
raymo
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