Mars 3 November

[rumples riot]

Hey there,

Mars again, seeing was better last night and managed to squeeze out a grainy image of Mars. Trying some different techniques to see what I can get.

Seeing was around 6-7/10 but mainly on the 6 side.

Anyway here it is.

[janoskiss]

That's a nice clean Mars pic Paul. Looks very natural. :thumbsup:

[Robert_T]

Nice shot Rumples! Might not be the forum, but does you LX200 have the mirror lock and microfocusser and do you find them a big help? The mirror flop on my Mewlon 210 isn't too bad, but it's real difficult to get critical planetary focus as you noticed on my last images.
cheers,
Robert

[rumples riot]

Robert; the Lx200 does have mirror lock but, I rarely use it for planetary imaging. I do use the micro focusor though and this is really a god send. Takes a lot of the frustration out of the exercise. One thing I do with the primary is I always wind clockwise onto focus. This is also the way I wind for collimation to. Does the Mewlon require collimation? Cant remember. Or is it fixed like the Mak?

Thanks guys for the thoughts.

[Robert_T]

Hi Rumples, the mewlon requires regular secondary collimation (bob's knobs are a godsend here) though the primary is fixed - it's verry sensitive to collimation but very nice when spot on. I'm wondering if the mirror movement/knob is reversed compared with the meade, as an experienced mewlon owner told me to always end on an anti-clockwise spin?

cheers,

Robert

[iceman]

Nice shot Paul, I like the natural looking colour! Shows pretty much the exact face from my image.. I wonder how many amateur astronomers were staring at the same thing at the same time of night :)

[ving]

nice shot paul! + what mike said! :)

well done. had fairly good seeing hey :)

[rumples riot]

Mike, I will bet there were more than a few just on this continent. As for the image I am reasonably happy with it but, tranparency let me down and I did not have the image bright enough. I usually aim for 130 in the meter but this was down near 112. I should have lifted the Gamma and dropped the gain a little. Would have been less grain and probably presented a grain free image that looked 3D rather than flat. Very frustrating.

Thanks once again for the comments guys.

[rumples riot]

Hopefully tonight I will have better conditions. Cear skies; fingers crossed.

[beren]

Good stuff Paul likewise i like the colour , for some reason mine come out to orange but your shot looks very good , best of luck for the weekend {i hope i can get a go out Sytris major}

[asimov]

Thats very nice mate.