Thanks Jeff, the conjunction is a puzzle without a good solution (without a large astro camera of course, I was considering that ASI178MC on the classifieds at the moment, but it probably wouldn't arrive in time).
At the moment, I'm looking at my 6" SCT with a f/6.3 reducer and ASI224MC, which
should get me some detail on Jupiter, the rings on Saturn and maybe a moon or two. I tried the 9.25" with the reducer using the same capture settings for both planets to give this a couple of weeks ago, which isn't too bad...
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...d.php?t=187943
Andrew