Mars from the South East

[rumples riot]

Hi all,

well I have returned from my trip down to Clayton and Myponga Beach. Had nice relaxing time, went sailing (have not been for 4 years), walking, looking around and most importantly imaging.

This image is from a night of 10/10 seeing. I must say that I have never seen seeing that good in 30 years of observing. The airy disk was well pronounced and the central star was a very still pin point. The unfortunate side to this was that the clouds came while I was imaging the Mars shot below. It was taken with the 5x powermate. It was so large and still (1978x magnification). Only managed to get 1000 frames before I was clouded out. Still it was great to see it so good.

Anyway here it is. A little grainy but a nice size.

[bird]

Nice image Paul, I've often wondered what 10/10 seeing would look like...

Bird

[rumples riot]

Thanks Bird, yeah the seeing was out of sight. Pity about the clouds though. Still I was so excited about it that I rang Peter just to tell him how good it was. Probably will not see this kind of seeing again for some time.

[davidpretorius]

well done rumples, i always like your colour and that from memory is your best amount of detail???


congrats

[rumples riot]

Ah, I think I have got more detail than this with the LX200 Dave, but this was the first time I have ever been able to use the 5x powermate. Thanks again.

[asimov]

Some how I missed this thread....Nice image Paul! (better late than never, lol).

[rumples riot]

I suspect that you are not the only one to miss it John. Bit unusual to get only a few posts. Still, thankyou for looking.

[RB]

Yep, I missed it too.

Nice one Paul, great detail.

[h0ughy]

I'm Late,
but mate,
at this rate,
the shot is still great!

just poetry in motion Paul! as usual an excellent result

[Mick]

Nice work Paul :)