It has been a while...

Hello, mis amigos! 8)
It has been quite a while since I've done Planetary shots...

Last night we got a cold front that cleared our Florida skies... (yeah, Winter is almost here!!! woohoo!!!)(we are freezing in the 50's!) 8)

I decided to head to the observatory and try a shot of Mars just for fun, to bring back good ole' times, using my trusty Vesta Pro 675K webcam (way out of style...) and my 10" LX-200GPS.

Tried to push the image to high f/numbers, but it was boiling, so decided to drop down to f/20 and settle for an itsy-bitsy Mars...


Hope you'll enjoy, and clear skies! 8)

Attached Image:

Ivan,

The colours are exactly as I saw them in my refractor! (Something I don't see very often.)

Dmitri

Hi Ivan:

Wow, it's clear from your excellent Mars image that the "NPC" is finally making its grand appearance. What a beautiful planet! I'm planing to image it tonight with temperatures plummeting to near 0 degrees Fahrenheit. What I would give to be in the sunshine state, you sure are lucky. I think next winter I'll move there.

Take it easy, Dan

Nice Ivan! Been thinkin it's time to image Mars myself.

Regards,

Beautiful !