Anyone Else Having trouble with Mars??Posted By Mike Powers |
John,
I have viewed Mars the past two nights from portland. Views were very so-so. I was able to see ice cap and dark rim around the ice but not sharp at all. This was with a 8 dob from my driveway. The smoke from fires in central oregon have caused incredible sky glow from the light reflections toward the east. Around august 5th in central oregon I had killer views in my 18 inch dob, using celestron variable polarizer. I held the polarizer up to Mars naked eye, dialed down to dim, then placed on the eye piece. Hopefully smoke will clear for Oregon Starparty next week.
I have viewed Mars the past two nights from portland. Views were very so-so. I was able to see ice cap and dark rim around the ice but not sharp at all. This was with a 8 dob from my driveway. The smoke from fires in central oregon have caused incredible sky glow from the light reflections toward the east. Around august 5th in central oregon I had killer views in my 18 inch dob, using celestron variable polarizer. I held the polarizer up to Mars naked eye, dialed down to dim, then placed on the eye piece. Hopefully smoke will clear for Oregon Starparty next week.
