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Mars July 9th 2005

Started by Wes Higgins, 07/09/2005 06:37PM
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Posted 07/09/2005 06:37PM | Edited 07/16/2005 01:52AM Opening Post
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Hi,

I had some fairly good seeing this morning maybe 6/10, it appears as though there is a rift or break developing in the SPC several raw frames show that too.

18" Reflector, 12500mm FL, Lumenera LUO75C camera, 81fps, stack of 642/8200

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Wes Higgins


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Wes

Quite an amazing photo! Its especially impressive since we're a few months from Mars at it's closest.

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Wes,

Really excellent!! Great colour. I have seen other reports of the rift in the SPC, your's is the best image I've seen of it.

On another note: Is there a chance you could post your settings, like exposure time, gain, U and V colour balance, etc? For some reason I'm still getting a mesh pattern in some of my images and I don't see it in your's.

Thanks!!
Paul

Wesley Higgins said:

Hi,

I had some fairly good seeing this morning maybe 6/10, it appears as though there is a rift or break developing in the SPC several raw frames show that too.

18" Reflector, 12500mm FL, Lumenera LUO75C camera, 81fps, stack of 642/8200

Thanks,

Wes Higgins
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Hi Robert,

Thanks!, I was just fortunate to have pretty good seeing that morning, I hope everything works out well with new PC.

Wes Higgins
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I gotta hand it to you Wes. Luminera should start sendinding you a commission. You keep posting pictures like that, and they are going to sell a bunch of cameras.
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Hi Wes,
That's a Gorgeous image. Very beautiful and nicely processed! Excellent job!!

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Hi Wes,

phew, what a result for a 10arcsec mars grin I would have been more than happy to obtain such a result during the 2003 opposition. Fascinating what todays top-notch equipment can do in the right hands. Excellent !

Cheers & clear skies!
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Outstanding effort, I believe you have imaged the "Mounds of Mitchell" rift on the SPC, it usually shows up after the summer solstice on mars and is at the right spot on your photo again congrads,you going to give hubble a real run for its money this year.
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Ahhhhh, the Master....
Excellent shot Wes!
Beautiful detail & color..., but how come only 642 out of 8200? bad seeing was affecting most of your shots?
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Hi Wes -

Wonderful mars image!

Returning from a vacation away from computers - there are a lot of very interesting posts to catch up with.

Judging from the most recent images it looks like the two weeks has made a real improvement in the detail visible on Mars.

best wishes,
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