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Well, both skippysky and meteoblue weren't encouraging at all when I checked them out today, so I didn't expect to have the scope out tonight.
BUT....
I had a look outside at around 7pm, and it looked promising, so I set up and had a great time until the dew got the better of me (note to self - remember to use the dew shield at all times!)
I think it was the best seeing I've had since getting the scope, well worth the effort. I had a good look at Mars, and I'm not sure but I think I might have seen a polar cap - not on top but at around 10-11 o'clock there was a bright patch that suggested (to me at least) light reflecting. It was certainly different to the rest of the globe, which was uniformly reddish but no detail...
I also got some beautiful views of the moon through the 35mm panoptic. Wow. (attached pic from phone held to eyepiece, it's pretty bad but gives an idea of the FOV with the panoptic)
Seems the astro weather sites can be wrong...still, a pretty good resource.
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