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Mars - 10/24/2009

Started by cosmoscrazy, 10/30/2009 03:22PM
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Peter Morrison
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Mars shot from Tierra Del Sol on 10/24/2009 at around 5:30am. Mars is around 7.7 arc-seconds here. Seeing was at best average.

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Optics - Meade 8" ACF, 3x TeleXtender, UV/IR
Mount - Astro-Physics Mach1GTO
Camera - Philips ToUcam Pro II
Exposure - 1/33 sec @ 10fps, 180s AVI (800/1800 in final stack)

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Peter, excellent shot! I love the processing, colors & details are very natural. Have you tried going higher than 3x on the barlow? With lousy weather lately, I have not been able to use my scope in over a month. Thanks for posting

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Steve
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