Mars did look pretty good last night, seeing was good but not great from here, Jupiter and Saturn looked good earlier as well. Was first lighting a new scope, a 250mm F5 Newt and collimation was off a little and the EQ6 has an annoying vibration that I haven't managed to adjust to get rid of.
It is pleasing to see that the dreaded dust storm is definitely abating, a few nights ago, Sunday evening, Syrtis Major was standing out quite boldly
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