My 2nd Mars shot from August 30th

[LT_Ng]

Hi,

Attached please find my 2nd shot on Mars from this imaging session, taken through 12.5" F5 Newtonian + Vixen Or-12.5mm eyepiece projection + ToUcam at 19:37 UT on August 30th. 1272 frames stacked and processed in Registax and Photoshop. Finally cropped w/o any resizing.

Seeing condition was not so good, about 4/10. so, I think that was just a fair image.

Hope you still love it, and any comment is welcome.

Thanks for looking.

Clear skies,

LT

[iceman]

Lovely shot William, you can see the northern clouds very clearly.. won't be long before the icecap forms!

Excellent detail on a large image scale! Can't wait to see your results in good seeing!

[asimov]

WHOOA! Terrific shot! I'm not game to post my mars shots taken with the kodak now!

[h0ughy]

When did you fly up there to get that shot! Awesome!!

[seeker372011]

You planetary imagers never fail to astonish me..I see a great picture and go wow and up pops another image that tops the previous one

just for a chuckle would be interesting to compare these recent images with those released by the major observatories, say 15 years ago..suspect amateurs are way up there

[RB]

Awesome shot,

:cool:

I agree with Houghy- It looks like you took it from an orditer. :eyepop:





I second that seeker. The standard these days IS way up there.

:)

[[1ponders]]

Your too hard on yourself William. That's a great shot from where I'm sitting. :thumbsup:

[cometcatcher]

I can't print the two words I said when I saw it, but the translation was something like wow - good. :D :P

[davidpretorius]

wow,

when you say 12.5mm eyepiece projection, what setup do you have with your toucam? I have an eyepiece projection tube for the toucam with the t thread adapter:
http://www.telescopes-astronomy.com.au/eyepiece_projection_adaptor.jpg
But the 25mm won't fit in and the 12.5mm, i can't focus on anything in space! It will be going back to the supplier i think. i have one on order with aoe that connectes to the eyepiece directly and then into the toucam.

how much barlow?

The best pic so far this month for mine!!!

[ving]

:eyepop:
that is great image scale you have there!!!
fantastic shot!

[Striker]

Great shot William.

When is Mars suppose to be at its best this year.?????

[Mick]

Thats an amazing image LT:)

[LT_Ng]

Thanks for all the good words from you.

In fact, I was experimenting on what effective focal ratio could achieve with an eyepiece projection to seek for the best configuration. However, this setup seemed to be too much. I think a longer focal length, say 15mm, might give the best sampling to ToUcam with my telescope on Mars.

LT