what the best scope to see mars

[andyjbj]

i have a astromaster 130 and i having problem see in mars

[Kai]

What is the problem you are having ?

Also what are you expecting Mars to look like ?

[Tinker1947]

Welcome to the SGL, Forums Andy, post in the beginners Forum will obtain more replies..

[ollypenrice]

Lots of people are reporting poor views of Mars at the moment because the 'seeing' is poor, meaning that tha air is turbulent even if the sky is clear.

Olly

[RikM]

Mars is very small and far away, so a gert big scope would normally be recommended for the best view. I can see some surface detail and the polar caps ect with my 6" reflector a 10mm EP and 2x barlow so it does depend on what kind of view you are expecting.

[spaceboy]

You may want to check your collimation as I was surprised to find I couldmake out some surface detail along with ice caps in my 60mm Frak a few nights back.

Welcome to SGL BTW.

[andyjbj]

Lots of people are reporting poor views of Mars at the moment because the 'seeing' is poor, meaning that tha air is turbulent even if the sky is clear.

Olly

many thanks

[Stu]

I was getting good views last week but this week has been pants really. No detail at all

Stu

[E621Keith]

The seeing is very poor recently. I can't see any details on Mars at all either. Usually you need 200x-300x for Mars, but recently I can't get more than 160x in my area.

[Mr Spock]

Hi, welcome to SGL

The only thing you can do about poor seeing is wait till its gone.

[JamesM]

Hi Andy and welcome to the forum

Clear skies

James

[Zul]

Hello and Welcome!

[paul schofield]

Hi Mars will get better, as others have said it is so far away at the moment. I am in the same boat, cant wait to see the red planets detail. I heard it will be in a great position come August. Have to make do with Jupiter, Saturn, Venus and possibly Mercury til then.

[Catweazel]

I had a nice view of Mars last night in my Evostar 120

[Capricorn]

Hubble is pretty good.

Spitzer or Chandra for other wavelengths.

[Bizibilder]

Hello Andy and welcome to SGL!! Mars will be getting smaller from now on as it moves further away from Earth - just to make thing more difficult!!

[RikM]

It's just about as good as it gets right now, at least for a good while.

[Moonshane]

Mars will be pretty much gone well before August. Then two years before next opposition and I suspect that will be low as it will be perhaps in Virgo or Sagittarius by then? detail is possible with a 6" scope but you'll not be getting hubble-esque visual images.

[Ags]

You can't beat a small mak!

[Rusty Strings]

Hi and welcome

[todd8137]

Hi , welcome to the lounge and happy gazing.mars is close at the min but still not great due to the skies

[andyjbj]

many thanks to all

[LukeSuppalot]

Hi and welcome to SGL.

[saturn4me]

Hi and welcome to SGL!

[telesto]

Hi and welcome to SGL