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Mars (August 2003)
Mars at opposition in August 2004. Unfortunately (as luck would have it) viewing conditions weren't the best in August so some other images from September are nicer than this one. Processed using K3CCDTools and PhotoShop.
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Mars (Sep 2003)
Mars. Processed in K3CCDTools. I typically preferred K3CCDTools to Registax for my Mars 2003 stacking. The Planetary Wizzard was very useful. Registax was useful for processing the stacked image, together with PhotoShop.
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Mars (Sep 14 2003)
Mars after the August 2003 opposition. 7/10 viewing conditions. Interestingly you can see some surrounding detail of the southern polar ice cap. The polar ice cap is a feature of this image. Also the slightly blue atmosphere of Mars can be seen on the rims of the planet.
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Mars (2004 Series)
This image features a series of phtoographs from June, July, August and September of 2004, covering before and after the August opposition. Earlier images are taken hand-held with an Olympus C2020Z to the eyepiece, later images are taken with a Logitech QuickCam Pro 4000
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Mars (July 2003)
Mars in July, before the 2003 August opposition. An increase in quality and detail from the June image. Again, this is an A-Focal image (camera held up to the eyepiece).
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Mars (June 2003)
Mars, June 2003 before the August 2003 opposition. This is an early attempt of digital planet photography using stacking. This is also before I purchased the QuickCam. See the difference between this and later photo's of Mars.
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Mars (August 2003)
Mars during the 2003 opposition.
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Mars (September 2003
Mars near opposition in 2003Most of my Mars imaging has been done using the 12" LX200 with a 2x barlow. This produced a focal length of 6096mm. You require very good viewing conditions to get a clear image at this focal length but I did find it the best combination, and better than F/10 and 3048mm.
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Planets at Sunset (25th July 2010)
The planets of Mercury, Venus, Mars and Saturn, together in a line with the bright star Regulus, a short time after sunset. This was quite an eye catching alignment of planets.
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