This image of Saturn could be called "Why I like small refractors". I have been trying to get a good image of this lovely planet using a 14" SCT and have had some success. However this one done with a 105mm Williams Optics triplet apo is significantly better than my previous best.
Details
2012-05-13 at 10:52 PM PDT.
Clear warm evening with no wind and 12 Degrees C.
WO 105 mm APO with 20mm WO eyepiece used in eyepiece projection to give f/36 on HEQ5 mount. Canon T3i camera operating in cropped video mode.
Exposure - used 1204 of 1720 video frames taken at 1/30s and ISO 3200.
Processing in Registax and Photoshop.