Mars f25, 9/18/07

Mars taken with C11 and Toucam on a very clear morning sky but with average seeing at approx 5am. With my fans blowing while I slept for a few hours, I came back out to find a wet lap top computer and a mirror that was still 0.4degC higher than ambient, which was surprising. It seems that the mirror may never reach equilibrium. Best 200/1000 frames taken @f25. With the first Mars of the season done, I am looking forward to more reasonable viewing times later this fall.

Regards,
Steve

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Hi Steve:

Great composite, I love it. The light levels, contrast and color are all exceptional, congratulations. It looks like you had about 6/10 seeing.
One of these mornings I'm going to try imaging Mars with both eyepiece and negative projection to see which one gives the best resolution.
Steve, keep working on that cooling situation, it sounds like a small fan located by the baffle tube may help with the cool down.

Cheers, Dan