![I pointed my telescope at Mars for 3 hours in the early hours of Sunday morning to capture its rotation. Watch closely and you can see it spin. : r/space I pointed my telescope at Mars for 3 hours in the early hours of Sunday morning to capture its rotation. Watch closely and you can see it spin. : r/space](https://preview.redd.it/76ec2gx7nfl51.gif?format=png8&s=263d70c03f84db087a8e630e6f6279cbbd77deef)
I pointed my telescope at Mars for 3 hours in the early hours of Sunday morning to capture its rotation. Watch closely and you can see it spin. : r/space
![How much details can one get on Mars from 5 inch Newtonian? - Major & Minor Planetary Imaging - Cloudy Nights How much details can one get on Mars from 5 inch Newtonian? - Major & Minor Planetary Imaging - Cloudy Nights](https://www.cloudynights.com/uploads/monthly_01_2021/post-354074-0-66244800-1610396158.png)
How much details can one get on Mars from 5 inch Newtonian? - Major & Minor Planetary Imaging - Cloudy Nights
![The planet Mars photographed through a 5 inch refracting telescope three days before opposition, showing polar and surface detail. Olympus Mons, the 72,000ft high volcano, can be seen faintly as a brighter The planet Mars photographed through a 5 inch refracting telescope three days before opposition, showing polar and surface detail. Olympus Mons, the 72,000ft high volcano, can be seen faintly as a brighter](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D6BNE4/the-planet-mars-photographed-through-a-5-inch-refracting-telescope-three-days-before-opposition-showing-polar-and-surface-detail-olympus-mons-the-72000ft-high-volcano-can-be-seen-faintly-as-a-brighter-patch-to-top-right-of-centre-with-the-south-polar-cap-visible-lower-edge-imaged-from-london-uk-2D6BNE4.jpg)