[Uncle_Martin (Igor)]

Anyone else having problems seeing features on Mars?

I've returned after a couple of weeks almost, hoping that the dust storm has cleared. It wasn't meant to be planet-wide.

Tonight, despite excellent seeing and a really big planetary disc, all I can spy is the South Polar Cap and its outline, the limb haze and a suggestion of markings close to the equator. Not sure what I should be seeing as MarsPreviewer II don't work no more on updated MS systems but chances are, I should see something more!

I've used Wratten filters W25, W23A and W80A to max the contrast and squeeze out any detail for my questing eyes and pencil and paper.

Course, dew quickly forms on my primary mirror making things a bit harder. It's a cold night!