I think no matter what we do at the moment in Uk type latitudes we are going to have to accept poor Jupiter and Saturn images until they gain a decent alitude.
Making sure the kit has cooled, collimation, focus, ADC and seeing are all good things to check but until we are not looking thorough the bulk of our atmossphere we will have to tough it out.
I have given up with Jupiter and Saturn for this year now as they are very close to my garage if not in it .
That does not mean ther will be no more images unleashed on the poor unsuspecting viewers of this forum as there is a load of data I have not stacked yet - you have been warned.
Or go south.