Mars, 13th March

[bird]

Finally a clear night - it's been weeks since my last image. The seeing was still pretty poor but I'll take whatever I can get just to have some images of Mars from this apparition...

90s per channel in IR / G / B , Grasshopper Express.

cheers, Bird

[h0ughy]

WOW for poor seeing its a cracker of an image

[CDKPhil]

That is a fantastic image!
I was out last night and I can confirm the poor seeing. (Queanbeyan area)
Looking at Mars through a 8mm ethos and I struggled to see any detail, just some brief dark patches. A very unstable atmosphere.

Well done

Cheers
Phil

[bird]

Thanks Houghy & Phil.

Last night was the first time in recent weeks where I could see the polar cap visually, and some hints of surface detail. The camera sure makes a difference.

cheers, Bird

[jjjnettie]

:) How can you get THAT when imaging in poor seeing??
Fantastic Bird. :)

[Quark]

Creditable effort there Bird, reckon you should have been out here over the last 5 days, you would have loved it.

Regards
Trevor

[Paul Haese]

Yep nice Anthony. Gotta love red channels when that is the only detail channel. Makes it so much easier to get nice images. Mars is definitely easier to image even when the seeing is average.

[John Hothersall]

Thats a pleasing level of detail for Mars, great to use IR when red is not quite good enough.

John.

[FlashDrive]

Good Shot....Best one I've seen of Mars in quite a while .... especially in poor conditions. :thumbsup:

Flash :hi:

[Clayton]

Nice detail Anthony!
Hopefully the seeing improves for you :thumbsup:

[Matt Wastell]

OOooooh - that is fantastic!