[steve000 (Steve)]

Hi Folks

What would be peoples opinion on the best contrast telescope for viewing planets.
I ask because Jupiter is basically just a big white disk with feint banding even at my 4mm through a Barlow.

Saturn looks nice but not great and mars is just a big white/orange disk.

When imaging with my webcam I get decent Jupiter but just a pale orange disk for mars, Saturn is OK but not great. (attached)
I have a 6" newt with a 2x Barlow and a spc880 flashed to a 900

Collimation has made little to no difference, in the attached pic it probably needs collimation as it has been a while

My thoughts are a little achromatic refractor or a little cassegrain either mak or schmidt

Thanks

Steve