I struggled outside at 0430 EST to checkout Mars with my 10" dob. At first my eyes kept blurring up (no coffee yet!) but finally got the cobwebs out. I had printed out a preview from Mars Previewer II and the eyepiece view at 265x was very close to the pic with one exception. The big bright spot west? of the SPC was not really a bright spot in the eyepiece. That area was reddish like the northern areas. What is that bright spot supposed to be?
I put a light blue filter on and the amount of tonal differences in the dark areas increased markedly. When the seeing got real steady the amount of fine detail just jumped out at you and overwhelmed the senses! I can hardly wait til next month and September.
Walt
I put a light blue filter on and the amount of tonal differences in the dark areas increased markedly. When the seeing got real steady the amount of fine detail just jumped out at you and overwhelmed the senses! I can hardly wait til next month and September.
Walt
