Mars, Phobos and Deimos

[RichardJ]

Just wanted to see if I could capture the Martian moons with a small scope.
Taken with my Celestron NexStar 6SE and ZWO 290MC camera.
Composite image processed in Photoshop CS5.

RichardJ :)

[N1]

Far out that's a cracker!

[Tulloch]

Excellent work, especially for a 6", those little guys are hard to extract from the glare of Mars.

[multiweb]

Amazing Richard. :thumbsup: I haven't managed to capture those moons yet and I did look for them. Maybe the seeing was too wobbly.

[PeterM]

Richard, that is just a wonderful image. Reminded me a little of the Space Art of Chesney Bonnestell (see below) who provided the art work for the opening of the original War Of of The Worlds movie from 1953.
I just had a look at the opening of the movie and your image took me back to one of my all time faves, must watch again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBJXbRQ_r9Q

Bonnestells painting of Mars from Phobos.
https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/463659724111883524/

Love it when amateurs push the envelope as you have with your image and equipment, Bravo!

[RichardJ]

Thanks Guys. A lot of fun to do.

Richard.

[RichardJ]

Thanks Peter.
One of my favourite movies. I have it on DVD. During the lockdown I listened to an audiobook of the original novel by HG Wells. Loved it.

Richard.

[Dennis]

Fantastic results Richard, I'm outside just trying the same and already I have just noticed Phobos peeking out above one of the diffraction spikes from my spider.:)

Cheers

Dennis