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Viewing Mars
Being relatively new to the hobby, I got up early the other morning (24th) to view Mars through my scope for the first time. I have read that it is commonly the most disappointing planet to view so I wasn't expecting too much.
I could see a couple of darker features, by deduction from the pictures in AS&T (central meridian given as 135 degrees) the most distinct was Mare Sirenum. The higher latitudes (North?) were also noticeably darker. Considering that the moon was fairly close and the seeing was pretty poor I was reasonably happy with that.
So my question is: what features can I expect to see with my scope when the seeing is reasonable?
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