Mars on Oct 18


I captured half a dozen images of Mars between 4am and 5:30 am; this one seems to be the best. Sky was clear, no wind at all, and temperature was 33F, turbulence around 6 to 7/10. Equipment used: Celestron 14 EdgeHD on Mx+ mount, Televue 2x Barlow, Baader UV/IR cut filter, Zwo ASI 462MC camera with exposure=7.16msec, gain=217, captured for duration of 6 minutes at ~127 fps for 45,686 frames. Aligned and stacked best 15% with AutoStakkert. Registax6 used to wavelet sharpen; Photoshop used to adjust brightness and boost vibrance. Great to fun compare with Safari at same time.  Apparent size is now 13.7 arc sec.

Mars on Oct 18
Mars on Oct 18 at 5:08 am MST
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