Mars 3-7-10

Hi Guys:

Here is the Martian home world recorded Saturday evening through 7/10 seeing conditions, using my 10" SCT and an SPC900NC webcam. I applied the eyepiece projection method for the first time and prefer it over the barlow system. Friday night produced 8/10 seeing, I spent that evening just observing, the views of Mars were sharp even at 1,000 power, really!

cheers, Dan 8)

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Another Mars at higher power (F/41.5).

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Hi Dan,

Nice going, I hadn't heard about using EP projection with that camera. Seems like the EP optics are superior than stacked barlows; it's making for a quite realistic-looking view. Which EP did you use? I hope you use this method in the future; I'd love to see what it does on the other planets!

Jason Higley