Mars October 4, 2007

Hi all,

I went out at 4am to shoot Mars and was clouded out. Well, went back to bed, got up and was ready to bring the scope in just in case it rained at about 6am and the sky was clear. Change of plans, I set up and got this image. Just goes to show that patience is a virtue. Mars really seems to be huge and it's just barely 10".

http://web.gccaz.edu/~pmaxson/Mars/May-June07/2007-10-04-PWM.jpg

Paul Maxson

Paul, your patience really paid off, that's a great shot of the red planet. Surface details are sharp. Thanks!

Regards,
Steve

PS: By the way, I thought that was you on p75

Hi Paul -

Nothing like starting off early in the apparition to make mars seem big at 10 arc seconds... nice work!

Alan