Chrissyo,

Thank you for your comments.

What power were you using? when I have been observing Mars
I've been using 240x to 360x depending on the seeing.

That image was higher again. I unscrewed the optical elements off the x2 barlow and screwed it directly onto the nose barrel of the LPI then I loaded that into a x3 barlow. I did this to give me the magnification I needed. I to tried a couple of days later to get another but just could find the sweet spot in the focusing. I cant handle blurry planetary images so I did bother and just kept observing.

regards