Thanks for the input. Yes, the first thing I did when I got it was collimate it and judging by my views of the moon tonight it is collimated properly.

However, my issue with mars isnt that I can't get detail or that it is blury. My issue is that it appears as a tiny dot, much like what you see when looking at a distant star. The planet took up no more FOV in the telescope than it did with the naked eye. Little dot with the naked eye, little dot in the telescope.

The magnification I was using should have at least made it a BIG fuzzy ball right? Not a tiny dot.

I am sure I was looking at mars since it is basicaly the only yellow object in that area and I used the Starry Night software to make sure I was looking in the right place.

I am confused.