Digital Mars

[IB20]

Had another crack at viewing and sketching Mars tonight using some of the helpful tips from this forum i.e. no dark adaptation, high mag EP and polarising filter. Much better seeing conditions too. The most prominent features that stood out were a small white south polar region and a dark belt just underneath which looking at the Mars Globe app is probably Terra Sirenum. Very much looking forward to it getting ever closer!

 

[jock1958]

Very nice sketch and colours are very similar to what I was seeing a couple of nights ago using my Baader neodymium & IR cut filter.