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Mars should be a distinctly orange disk even with the 13mm eyepiece. The 6mm on your telescope requires exceptional seeing which with current weather on the east coast is not happening. You also need to allow the telescope to come to ambient temperature.
If you’re seeing a white dot it could be another target although I have heard many a beginner describe Mars as a white blob. Colours are subtle but Mars is definitely orange. Try the other planets two bright planets directly overhead early evening, namely Jupiter and Saturn.
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