It's definitely getting bigger and brighter. Nice pictures Reggie. I saw it last night for a bit, seeing and transparency weren't so hot, but I could see a fair bit of detail. I think the white albedo feature I often see could be high altitude clouds.

 

Nice image! I haven't given Mars a look yet, but maybe next clear night I'll stay out for it.

 

I had the Starwave all set up last night as the weather was good. I had a four hour session which in the main was pretty good.



I had a load of filters and stuff for Mars but the seeing was very dodgy. I got a hint of the polar cap, some albedo features and possible high altitude clouds and then the image really boiled. The southern ice cap appears to be shrinking. I don't know what freaked out the air/seeing but I really couldn't see anything after a while so it was a case of 'that's all she wrote'. Honestly, I could have murdered that seeing lol.

 

Virgo the virgin would cringe at your video.

 

Yeah, well, she's been around a long time. I'm not so sure of her claims of virgo intacta anymore.

 

Thanks Reggie, I nearly took the 80ED DS Pro out but discovered the MoonLite was a bit borked.



The retailer says I can have my money back, so I'll use that and a bit more for a FeatherTouch I think.



Meanwhile I've put the Sky-Watcher (probably Long Perng) rotating focuser on it.



Best thing is that it fits in the bloody case! lol



I think you're right about the Martian southern hemisphere approaching summer. I believe Mars has a similar axial tilt to the Earth. It's pretty cool that we can observe the polar cap melting though.

33 days until oppo'.