No, there really isn't much to see visually through a telescope when looking at Mars.

You might, at best, see some subtle shading, and sometimes you will see an ice cap. But that is only when Mars is at its closest, which is about every 2 years.

You'll do a lot better if you can observe Saturn or Jupiter.

Edited to add: I really recommend the book Turn Left at Orion. You can probably find a copy at your local library, or you can buy a copy from many bookstores as well as Amazon. It's great because it describes how to find about a hundred of the best objects to look at through a small scope, and it has drawings of what the objects will actually look like (instead of color pictures taken by Keck or Hubble), and gives some description of what the object actually is. It contains a nice mix of the different types of objects that are fun to look at, and it is organized by season. There are other great books, but this one is my pick for people just starting to use a telescope.

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