Mars 16th May good seeing

[John Hothersall]

SPX350 F41.3, PGRFlea3, Baader RGB filters.

Finally after cloud band moved seeing looked good with stars twinkle free and my star collimation looked very steady with arcs around Airy disc.

Mars had slight undulations but fine detail showed on screen for decent stretches of time. Another cloud band was developing so I only had an hour before the mackerel cloud appeared.

I got 6 sets in all seen in gif animation taken every 10 mins.

Regards, John.

[oernulfs]

Thank you for sharing a rotating Mars. Can't remember to have seen that before.

[Anth10]

Astounding work John, you have certainly managed to produce a wonderful portrait of Mars, this definitely demonstrates your skill and determination in astrophotography - inspiring stuff!

[PeterM]

Stunning work.
Thanks for sharing John, the rotation is amazing.

[Retrograde]

Amazing detail and loved the rotation too. Well done!

[andyc]

Love it when you post 'good seeing' in the title, means a treat's in store. This is wonderful, and the animation is worth a long look :eyepop:

[MichaelSW]

To John, Dunk, Dennis, Phil and all those who post their photographs of Mars, Thank you very much for your fine work.

It is VERY helpful for me as a visual observer. Can't find a Mars 'photo of the day' on the WWW, so coming to Solar System Images on IIS helps me compare what I think / imagine I am seeing to the Real Thing.

Cheers to you all.

[Chris.B]

Great images. Yes we love to see Good Seeing in the description.
Amazing detail.

[astronobob]

Fantastic John

[Camelopardalis]

Nicely detailed John :thumbsup:

[MortonH]

Fantastic.

[AG Hybrid]

That's outrageously good!

[strongmanmike]

Would be good to go back and show this to Percival Lowell :)

Mike

[Sebbie]

Glorious result John, animation is jaw dropping!

[ags_]

Beautiful work John, that animation is superb and an awful lot of work.