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Mars 11/14 - Volcanos & craters

Started by cosmoscrazy, 11/16/2005 04:14PM
Posted 11/16/2005 04:14PM Opening Post
Olympus Mons, Elysium Mons, Newton crater and the finger thingy. Not sure what that is called.

Details:
Taken 11/14/2005 @ 10:56pm PST, average seeing
10" Meade LX200 GPS Alt/Az,
3x TeleXtender, UV/IR block
Philips ToUcam Pro II
800+/1800

Peter


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cosmoscrazy's attachment for post 28126
Posted 11/16/2005 11:00PM #1
Interesting...almost the same view that I had on Nov 10. Your's looks much better though. I'm trying to figure out how to improve mine. Not sure if problem is camera settings, focus, collimation or what.

8" f/6 Newt on GEM
3x televue barlow
Celestron NexImage
15 fps
800 of 1000 frames


Peter Morrison said:

Olympus Mons, Elysium Mons, Newton crater and the finger thingy. Not sure what that is called.

Details:
Taken 11/14/2005 @ 10:56pm PST, average seeing
10" Meade LX200 GPS Alt/Az,
3x TeleXtender, UV/IR block
Philips ToUcam Pro II
800+/1800

Peter


Attached Image:

rushby.craig's attachment for post 98296

Rushby Craig
Centerville, UT
8" f6 reflector
Takahashi FS-128 Fluorite Apochromatic Refractor
EQ6 Synscan GEM
Posted 11/17/2005 07:27PM #2
An excellent image Peter, with very nice processing.

Regards,
Ed Roach