Mars
Tuesday, December 29th 2009 - 00:42 (UTC) - focal ratio f/35
Transparency was really poor, but the seeing was pretty good
equipment used
DMK21AU04.AS
Meade Starfinder 10
DMK21AU04.AS
Meade Starfinder 10
Mars
Saturday, December 26th 2009 - 01:01 (UTC) - focal ratio f/35
The seeing wasn't quite as good as december 14 and 15, but this side of Mars does show more details. It was recorded just before the clouds came in.
Stacked with my own planetary stacking program (work in progress, not released yet), and processed using Photoshop.
equipment used
DMK21AU04.AS
Meade Starfinder 10
DMK21AU04.AS
Meade Starfinder 10
Mars wih orographic clouds
Tuesday, December 15th 2009 - 03:56 (UTC) - focal ratio f/35
I finally finished processing my mars recordings of December the 15th (imaged between 02:15 en 04:56 UTC).
The seeing was a little bit more variable than the 14th, but at times it was still pretty good.
equipment used
DMK21AU04.AS
Meade Starfinder 10
DMK21AU04.AS
Meade Starfinder 10
Mars wih orographic clouds
Tuesday, December 15th 2009 - 03:55 (UTC) - focal ratio f/35
I finally finished processing my mars recordings of December the 15th (imaged between 02:15 en 04:56 UTC).
The seeing was a little bit more variable than the 14th, but at times it was still pretty good.
This animation shows the blue channel of my recordings.
equipment used
DMK21AU04.AS
Meade Starfinder 10
DMK21AU04.AS
Meade Starfinder 10
Mars wih orographic clouds
Tuesday, December 15th 2009 - 03:55 (UTC) - focal ratio f/35
I finally finished processing my mars recordings of December the 15th (imaged between 02:15 en 04:56 UTC).
The seeing was a little bit more variable than the 14th, but at times it was still pretty good.
equipment used
DMK21AU04.AS
Meade Starfinder 10
DMK21AU04.AS
Meade Starfinder 10
Mars
Monday, December 14th 2009 - 02:12 (UTC) - focal ratio f/35
Seeing was excellent during this session.
The animation shows Mars rotating in about 45 minutes time between 02:29 and 03:12 UTC on December 14, 2009.
This image shows clouds in the blue (and green) recordings. The clouds are above many Mons (e.g. Olympus Mons)
equipment used
DMK21AU04.AS
Meade Starfinder 10
DMK21AU04.AS
Meade Starfinder 10
Mars
Monday, December 14th 2009 - 02:12 (UTC) - focal ratio f/35
Seeing was excellent during this session.
The animation shows Mars rotating in about 45 minutes time between 02:29 and 03:12 UTC on December 14, 2009.
equipment used
DMK21AU04.AS
Meade Starfinder 10
DMK21AU04.AS
Meade Starfinder 10
Mars
Monday, December 14th 2009 - 02:10 (UTC) - focal ratio f/35
Seeing was excellent during this session.
equipment used
DMK21AU04.AS
Meade Starfinder 10
DMK21AU04.AS
Meade Starfinder 10
Mars
Sunday, October 25th 2009 - 02:50 (UTC) - focal ratio f/35
LRGB image of Mars. L is a combination of Infrared and Red light, with a little bit of blue added (about 30% using multiplication layer in photoshop).
Seeing was rather poor.
equipment used
DMK21AU04.AS
Meade Starfinder 10
DMK21AU04.AS
Meade Starfinder 10
Mars
Tuesday, October 20th 2009 - 01:50 (UTC) - focal ratio f/35
Another RGB image of Mars.
Seeing was rather poor. I stacked about 500/3000 frames for each channel.
equipment used
DMK21AU04.AS
Meade Starfinder 10
DMK21AU04.AS
Meade Starfinder 10
