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Very timely article Alex, with planet season upon us, they're getting high enough in the early morning to start pointing telescopes at and seeing detail.
The two things to take into account when trying to see detail, as in the Encke division in Saturns' Rings, is the quality of the optics and the quality of seeing conditions.
The best optics in bad seeing will not allow fine detail to be seen as the atmosphere will smear the image at the eyepiece. Likewise , the best seeing will help bad optics perform at their best but the detail will still be compromised by the poor performance of the optics in question.
Still looking forward to having a ( long ) look at the planets with your Russian Mak, if and when we can travel and congregate again. I still haven't seen or imaged the Encke Div. with my 250mm newt, which means either the optics aren't good enough or the seeing is mostly way below optimum from my location.
Cheers
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