Hi Jay, one of the most important things with planetary imaging is air quality and that night wasn't the best for it because the humidity reached a rare 100%. With conditions like it's always going to be difficult to capture those finer details. However, in saying this it can still be a good idea to head out and try new things. Something that might be of interest to you is a great little app developed by First Light Optics called 'Clear Outside'. They also have a website 'https://clearoutside.com/forecast/50.7/-3.52'. It's a very useful weather forecaster and in the 3 years that I've used it has only been wrong twice, so I'll give it a 99% accuracy rating. You've received a lot of great info and feedback and I have no doubt the next time you're out you'll be able to capture those details. Another thing I forgot to mention is to know your seeing score as this makes it easier to determine what percentage of frames to stack.
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