mars from snake valley

[bird]

Again from Saturday night in pretty good seeing. Mars reached a maximum altitude of about 28 degrees around the time this image was taken.

Scope: http://www.acquerra.com.au/astro/lexx.html
capture: RGB @ 40fps, 2 minutes for red, 1 minute for G and B

Not too bad for the conditions, maybe some volcanoes visible and also some areas of cloud (blue).

cheers, Bird

[Ric]

Fantastic image Anthony, you've captured some wonderful details.

A fine effort

[Astroman]

WOW your not wrong about the boring side, great image though nicely processed.

[erick]

Goodness, Anthony makes it look easy. I was looking over his shoulder as these frames were captured. A few clicks and few button presses on a controller and there it is! But what I didn't see was all the previous work to design, build and trial his system. I did notice the careful preparation for an evening's imaging, since Anthony was set up beside me.

He said it was a less interesting face of Mars, but he could already see, in the frames as they were being captured, the features he has pointed out. I think I saw something - mostly a grey fuzzy ball with some distinction at the poles! :P Great to watch an experienced and capable imager in action.

[iceman]

Glad to see you got some useful data, Anthony. Great stuff.

[robin]

Gotta love that polar cap Anthony. Great pic there maestro:thumbsup:

[danielsun]

Wow, excellent result Bird!! The early mornings definitely paid off.;)

[davidpretorius]

yay......top stuff, mars boy!

[ballaratdragons]

very very nice Bird.

You make the 'Boring' side look interesting :thumbsup:

[h0ughy]

this is going to lead to better things - I will be enjoying all the shots to come thats for sure if this one is the benchmark