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Originally Posted by Dave-7
Thanks for the replies guys it helped a lot.
So i just had another look through my scope at mars and tonights seeing conditions were much better. I could make out the north polar caps and syrtis major but just. One thing i did notice was that mars was exceptionally bright, so bright that it had difraction spikes, not sure if this is because my scope is not collimated. I also noticed it looked rather "washed". but that aside im happy with what i saw.
Oh and thanks for hijacking my thread George....
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No the diffraction spike occur because of the spider holding the secondary.
Malcolm