[SteveCav (Steve)]

Hi guys and girls
I am new to astromony and have been viewing the Forum quite a bit. What an amazing source of knowlegde and information.

I have a Skywatcher 102mm Refractor with a PL10 (50x) and PL25 (20x) eyepiece, an 8-24 Zoom Eyepiece, Prism Star diagonal and a SWLET5 eyepiece as well as a 2x Barlow and moon filter.

My question is with this equipment what sort of astro viewing and details can I expect, like for instance Mars. I tried on Saturday night at 11pm and I just could not get any detail just a blur.



I suspect it maybe my lack of experience, but I am just curious as to what I should be able to expect from the equipment I have.



Thanks