Mars April 29th

[John Hothersall]

SPX350 F39, PGRFlea3, Baader RGB. 0952hrs.

Imaging Mars much earlier now before the cloud waves pass over from the West. Mars looks a bit smaller and seeing was avg to fair and then avg again. Mist altered the brightness of the channels a little giving a brighter red. The weather looks changeable now.

Mars RGB 0952hrs UT

Thanks, John.

[icytailmark (Mark)]

wow john that looks amazing. Which filters did you use?

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

That's an amazing Mars image, love the strong colours and contrast and lack of ringing a the limbs, you are fast becoming our own Damian Peach

Mike

[Stefan Buda]

Hi John,

Impressive image!

How did you clean up the limb so nicely?

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Are you sure that's not a shot from the orbiter?

[acarleton (Aidan)]

that is fantastic. great work

[Astro_Bot]

Another fantastic image.

[John Hothersall]

Thanks for comments.

Originally Posted by icytailmark

wow john that looks amazing. Which filters did you use?

I use the Baader RGB filters. I went for the red look some go for the salmon colour, normally I am somewhere inbetween.

Stefan Buda Hi John,

Impressive image!

How did you clean up the limb so nicely?
Yesterday 09:54 PM

Stefan the limb was naturally ringless but I find when there is a phase WJupos leaves brighter red pixels on the limb so I blur the with a small brush at 2 pixels before using an eclipse tool around the planet to take away the fuzzy overlap.

strongmanmike That's an amazing Mars image, love the strong colours and contrast and lack of ringing a the limbs, you are fast becoming our own Damian Peach

Mike

Thanks Mike, I have still not had the best seeing but good none the less so I can't complain this season (not as good as Barbados though). My Olympus Mons was my best so far with a steady image on the screen which is exciting to see.

Regards, John.

[EricB (Eric)]

Excellent image John

Eric