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Hi Dave, Firstly, It's no good comparing images with what you are seeing,
unless you know exactly how and where the images were obtained. Many,
if not most, planetary and lunar images are the result of tens, hundreds,
or thousands of video frames stacked and processed. Your visual experience is never going to anywhere near equal those images.
Also, the seeing where you are may not be the best. Another also is the
fact that an experienced observer will see more in an image than a
novice.{assuming that you are a novice}. As has been said in another thread recently Mars is very small at the moment; it will get a little larger
over the next couple of weeks, but then you'll have to wait a couple of years to see it much larger. I suggest you try and get a look through
someone else's scope, so you can better judge whether your's is performing correctly.
raymo
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