04/09/20 moon and Mars

[IB20]

Last night there was finally a cloudless window although somewhat dominated by the moon! Not letting the opportunity escape I pushed my 200p dob to the doorway and had a lunar gander with the unbranded 40mm skywatcher?? plossl my dad had lent me with a variable polarising moon filter. iPhone pic attached. 
I’m guessing the EP was fairly cheap but I really like it and may look into getting a 40mm myself.

The real reason to set up was my first ever look at Mars with a decent scope. Very underwhelming at first as just an incredibly bright orangey-pick disc. So decided to tackle it with the moon filter but then clouds started to roll in! However still bright enough to pierce through the clouds and although not great viewing, did manage to glimpse occasional diagonal dark brown/grey banding; fairly poor digital sketch attached. 
 

Certainly looking forward to it getting closer and spending more time on it. 

 

Edited September 4, 2020 by IB20
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