It was really tough doing an 2X resampling this time because I had tried to "overhaul" my SP mount drive gear and something is not quite right and I seem to be having alignment problem with resampling . Registax kept giving me Mars with "tail" :-( no matter what I did and I played with so many options and settings and alignment boxes. 1X mode was no problem however. K3CCD also gave me "tail" until I tried to place Mars at the lower left hand corner of the working area box and using large working area! It was tortuously difficult and I almost gave up ;-). I'm still not happy with the "ring" though :-(.
Visually, I was so surprised to have found it really tough to see the separation between Sinus Sabaeus and Mare Serpentis (Deucalionis Regio) and I'm not sure why because I recalled it being quite easy in 2003. Also, Dawes' "Fork Bay" (Sinus Meridiani) was not seen visually and as you can see it was tough photographically as well for my small aperture but I'm glad the resampling showed that the 5-inch aperture of the NP127 could resolve it with Mars only at 16.7". In 2003, I couldn't visually resolve Dawes' "Fork Bay" with my TV-102 until Mars was 22" in size!
Ron B[ee]
Visually, I was so surprised to have found it really tough to see the separation between Sinus Sabaeus and Mare Serpentis (Deucalionis Regio) and I'm not sure why because I recalled it being quite easy in 2003. Also, Dawes' "Fork Bay" (Sinus Meridiani) was not seen visually and as you can see it was tough photographically as well for my small aperture but I'm glad the resampling showed that the 5-inch aperture of the NP127 could resolve it with Mars only at 16.7". In 2003, I couldn't visually resolve Dawes' "Fork Bay" with my TV-102 until Mars was 22" in size!
Ron B[ee]
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