I got the first clear sky in 10 days,
Sony handicam / 6" f8 Dob. handheld afocal
9 mm plossl (no barlow) camera on 10x optical zoom and 2x digital zoom for effective 360x288 effective pixels and 20x magnification. Camera in slow shutter mode (setting 1 = 25 fps, seems to be progressive scan mode rather than normal interlaced which I believe is 50 fps interlaced to 25 fps). Manual exposure adjusted for maximum contrast.
Best 97 out of 172 frames Registax 2.0, unsharp mask and contrast adjust in Gimp.
Mars at alt 62.3 degrees, I am at Lat 38.1 South, CM 59.94, Dia 24.68 arcsec. Seeing 5/10.
Best image yet and more to process with different camera and scope configurations.
This is great fun!
Mike Ashburn
Sony handicam / 6" f8 Dob. handheld afocal
9 mm plossl (no barlow) camera on 10x optical zoom and 2x digital zoom for effective 360x288 effective pixels and 20x magnification. Camera in slow shutter mode (setting 1 = 25 fps, seems to be progressive scan mode rather than normal interlaced which I believe is 50 fps interlaced to 25 fps). Manual exposure adjusted for maximum contrast.
Best 97 out of 172 frames Registax 2.0, unsharp mask and contrast adjust in Gimp.
Mars at alt 62.3 degrees, I am at Lat 38.1 South, CM 59.94, Dia 24.68 arcsec. Seeing 5/10.
Best image yet and more to process with different camera and scope configurations.
This is great fun!
Mike Ashburn
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