My First Mars under ugly conditions

[Exfso]

Decided to have a go at Mars, seeing was woeful and it was still quite low in the sky, but nevertheless a start.

[cahullian]

Nice one. Keep up the good work

[mick pinner]

what imaging gear did you use Exfso

[toetoe]

You gota be happy with that one. :thumbsup:

[[1ponders]]

They maybe ugly conditions Exfso, but at least you're getting up and making the most of what you've got to work with. Unlike this little bunny :ashamed: :whistle: . A shot well worth getting up for :thumbsup:

[Exfso]

I used the Toucam 2 and 5x powermate, registax and K3ccd tools.
1/33sec, saturation 100%, brightness 50%, zero gamma, 30% gain, and hoped for the best. I think there was about 1000frames I stacked.

:prey:

[RB]

Nice one Exfso.
Did you use the TOA130 or the Meade LXD55?


Andrew

[Exfso]

Should have said I used the Toa130, dont think the SN10 is up to this sort of thing, much better for DSO stuff. :doh:

[ving]

nice. i'd be happy with that! :D

[Striker]

Great effort Exfso.

I too would be happy with that.

[rumples riot]

Hey good to see that you posted the image. Looks pretty good despite the crabs coming out of the trees.

[Striker]

Ok what did I miss.

[rumples riot]

Tony, Peter only lives about 5km from me. He and I frequently talk. The conditions the night he took the image were bad. Very cold and here we had winds gusting. Hence the crabs coming out of the trees. Just a joke.

[Astroman]

What day was this taken, looked at Mars this morning (6 Spt) and it looked very clear and crisp.

BTW lovely image... Shadows look different to what I remember.

[asimov]

Nice shooting there exfso!

[Exfso]

Thanks people. Yeah it was blowing like hell. BTW does anyone have that proggy that shows what Mars should look like. I thought I saved it somewhere, but cant find for the life of me. Not sure what is N, S E or W on the image. I know the Ice cap is South, but thats all. Hey, I got a lot I need to learn.

Cheers

:shrug:

[iceman]

Peter, try Mars Simulator II (it's on the S&T website) or the T. Ikemura simulations here: http://www.kk-system.co.jp/Alpo/MS2005/MSmenu.htm

Just choose the date and time (UT) and you're on your way.

[Exfso]

Thanks Mike, thats the one.

Cheers

:thumbsup: