Pretty late (10:30pm) I decided to go out with the Mak.
I started with the Moon (88% full) then moved to Saturn (only 6 degrees away from the moon - but that does not matter when imaging planets) and then Jupiter.
I imaged all three without focal reducer or focal extender.
Then I installed the OCA and tried different rings but could not see a big difference visually.
Finally I remembered the Dobs came with a basic plastic Barlow so I decided to try that. It increased Jupiter diameter from 58x to 130px (2.25x) and the resulting pictures were actually not too bad.
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| Moon (20% of 89 frames) |
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| Saturn (20% of 5138 frames) |
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| Jupiter (20% of 5101 frames) |
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| Saturn (20% of 5031 frames) - cheap Barlow |
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Jupiter and Io (20% of 4109 frames) - cheap Barlow
 | | Jupiter and Io - Stellarium |
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