Despite the planets being fairly low to the horizon, I had some success with Jupiter, Mars and Saturn as well as the moon last month. Venus is very bright in the western sky but I gave up on that planet a while ago. I've never been able to get anything but a bright blob for Venus.
I created this compilation from May's images. They were taken on 21, 23 and 25 May. Unlike previous efforts, imaging with a monochrome camera, I did these planets with a color camera (ASI224MC). It certainly cuts down on the imaging time as well as the post processing. I still need to get an ADC (atmospheric dispersion corrector) though. From what I've seen, significantly more detail can be achieved. The moon image is a 95 image stack using my Nikon DSLR. The telescope used was a 12" Meade LX850 (vs my old 127mm refractor). A capable instrument to be sure...now I just need to catch the planets higher in the sky. Jupiter and Saturn won't be for several years but Mars, which is currently at -22deg declination, will be at +22 degrees next year. A 44 degree shift putting it about 65 degrees above the southern horizon from my position at 47N. Looking forward to that.

Thanks Craig. Oh if it were only that easy! No I have a (relatively) new telescope. I used to use a 127mm refractor. I replaced that with a Meade 12" Catadioptric telescope with almost 3 times the focal length (2430 vs 952mm). I also used a 4x powermate and a new camera. I used to use an ASI120mm monochrome camera with an rgb filter wheel. I got good results but I wanted to shorten up the workflow and the post processing so I got an ASI224mc color camera which also supports USB3 as opposed to USB2 so I get a much better framerate. Now the only issue is at 47 degrees north, Jupiter is hanging out at 27 degrees (max) above the southern horizon (declination: -14deg) so the "seeing" is just not very good. Unfortunately it gets a lot worse next year when Jupiter's declination will be a miserable -22 degrees, which is where Saturn is currently. Anyway, when Jupiter turns the corner in 2021 and starts crossing higher than it is currently, that's when the good imaging starts. By 2024 it will be crossing at +20 degrees declination. Should be some great imaging then. I think this image is the best I've done with Jupiter to date but I expect much better images with this telescope as the planets get higher in the sky.

It's been a while since I posted here. I was away for some time but I'm getting back into the astro world again, starting off with the planets, making plans for going off-site to do Mars in July...can't wait! Anyway, Jupiter is currently at -14deg declination which means, from my vantage point at 47deg N latitude, it's max crossing altitude is only 27degrees above the southern horizon. Pretty low so the seeing generally isn't very good. Never-the-less, I must have caught it when the currents were stable and the spirits decided to take pity and let me have this image. It's the best Jupiter I've been able to do to date. I can't wait to catch the planets higher in the sky. Unfortunately, for Jupiter that's still a couple of years away. 2024 will be a good year for imaging that planet.