A bunch of my family members pitched in to buy me a Celestron Nexstar 8SE telescope as a present, and it has been absolutely awesome to use. There are untold numbers of deep sky objects to look at and double stars to split, but I find that most of my time is spent looking at solar system objects and trying to image them. Without a proper imager, I have been using my iphone clamped in a holder up to the eyepiece to capture video. Then the frames are analyzed, stacked, and sharpened to produce a final image.
Here are some of the images I've gotten - keep in mind that this is with an iPhone. it's a bit like doing brain surgery with a butter knife.
Saturn near opposition. The rings clearly show the Seeliger effect.
A very crude Jupiter, but it does display the Great Red Spot
Another, better Jupiter. Io, Europa, and Callisto are also off to the right.
Probably my best Saturn, seems to show the most color banding.
My favorite - Ganymede (right) had transited and was casting a shadow on Jupiter
And a little something closer to home.