first early Mars

Hi all-

Finally had a first opportunity to view Mars yesterday morning. My, is it small! Best thing about this first attempt is knowing that it will grow to almost twice this size by november.


app. diameter 10.48"/ seeing 6/10
A/P 10" mak/cassegrain with Baader FFC
DMK 21BF04 B&W camera with manual RGB filterwheel
approximately 300 frames R+ 200 frames each G, B at 15fps
captured in ASTROIIDC and processed in Keith's Image Stacker
and Adobe Photoshop on Mac Platform

best wishes,
Alan

Attached Image:

Alan, that is a Beautiful image. Just a superb job. Love the colors and processing as well. Yes sir, if you keep at it from now through the end of the year you will have a prize collectrion of Mars images. Congratulations!

Jim Phillips

Alan,

Very impressive. I like the colour and the detail is resounding! Like you say, it's only half way to it's largest.

Remember when 10" of arc was considered the smallest that any useful images could be done....HA! We sure broke THAT barrier!

Paul

Excellent image Allen! Love the colors too.

Dodi

Hi Alan,

Excellent! image, great color and processing.

Thanks,

Wes Higgins

Hello Alan and congrats on you Mars season opening. As usual, impeccable processing. By the time it'll be double the size, I'm sure you're going to show us some great stuff

Ciao Alan
Luca

Hi Alan, that a very good image from Mars, good color and good processing !
Regards Richard Bosman Netherlands

http://www.astrofotografie.nl/

Beautiful image, Alan! I missed it earlier but it was worth the trip back.

Eric

That is so sweet, Alan, it's hard to believe it's going to get even better.
Is the FFC necessary when using this camera?

dan kowall

Hi Alan,

Did you use multiple alignment points with this image, again an excellent! image.

Thanks,

Wes Higgins