Just got a new scope, it's an Orion Skyview Pro 8. I have a 10mm, 25mm and
32mm plossel eyepieces and a 2x Barlow.
Only used the scope twice so far. First night wasen't the best viewing
conditions and I was just playing around looking at starts. They did'nt look
any different in the scope then with the naked eye.

Tonight the viewing conditions and my location were a bit better and I had a
clear view of mars. A nice dot in the sky. Under the telescope it took on
the form of a very very small circle, only slightly bigger than viewing it
with the naked eye. No matter which eyepiece I used or even with the barlow
it still was a very small circle, appeared to be about 2mm across at most.
The eyepieces don't seem to make it much bigger, even the 10mm eyepiece. It
just narrows my field of view.
I read somewhere that with 70x binoculors that Mars would appear the size of
the full moon. I haven't tried using binos but my scope is certainly at a
magnification much higher than that. And with an 8" mirror I thought for
sure the planet would have appeared much much larger.

Is there something wrong with my scope or is that how it appears to all of
you who have viewed Mars recently?