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Peter,
Even though your equipment was the limiting factor there’s nothing wrong with having a go hey, good on you !!!
How was seeing ?? makes a big difference
I use a 6” and 8” newt with a 600D and Televue Powermates for planetary ( only dabble in it , nothing too serious )
On stable nights of good seeing I manage to process some half respectable images for the level of equipment I use ( beginner stuff )
My focal ratio for imaging Saturn and Jupiter is usually f21 to f30 ( 4 x Powermate and 5 x Powermate)
If you don’t want to spend too much money on a planetary scope, you can pick up a 6” newt for $400 and get some half decent images with your 500D and Barlow’s or Powermates
Here’s some of my images from last winter with my 6” newt and 600D, beginner stuff but I’m happy and have fun dabbling in planetary. I’m mainly a DSO imager
Thanks for your post
Cheers
Martin
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