North is up in this image, more info below.

 
Left: While
            this was not as favorable approach as previous years, the 13
            arc second disk of the Planet Mars showed its best face on this
            night, the first night out with our new 6" refractor. Seeing
            was quite good, however visually I was only able to see the polar
            cap and a dark ring around it. With the DMK31 many more features
            became visible. Ive made a key to this photo below.
 
Left: Key
            to the photo above. There are many more details than I had photographed
            in other more favorable oppositions. I must be slowly getting
            better at this!

Processing:
            300/1000 best frames,  alignment in Registax, Wavelets in Registax,
            Levels and Contrast Masking In Photoshop CS2, 
Instrument:  Explore Scientific 152mm f/6.5 with 5x Barlow
Platform:  Astrophysics AP1200
CCD Camera:  Image Source DMK 51AU03.AS
Filter:  Custom Scientific RGB
Exposure:  1/30 sec  15fps
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing 4/5, Transparency 7/10
Outside Temperature:  35F