The planets come out a lot smaller than the moon and are largest when near or at "opposition"
I have also cropped them down a lot more, so that the effective magnification is much higher than the nominal x240 to x600.
Neptune, Uranus, Mercury are so small as to be hardly worth bothering with in my telescopes.
Currently, Saturn and Mars are very low, as viewed from London, and thus difficult to photograph without lots of turbulence.
The transit of Mercury shot was taken using a professional solar filter over my 720mm telephoto camera lens.
Jupiter near opposition, Great Red Spot and 2 Galilean moons x480
Venus 16% phase on 2nd March 2017 x300
Mars: a few days after perigee x480
Saturn x240 near opposition
Mercury (the very small dot) in Transit across the sun (using a professional solar filter) is left of the larger central sunspot
Hi Robbie
I enjoyed your pics very good indeed considering how difficult it is in London. You have given me inspiration to give it a go as I have enough telescopes here to start my own observatory. All the best Colin and Cats.