Mars Apr 8th 9.5 UT

[lepton3]

Was lucky to get this image tonight. Only managed one complete RGB set before my laptop battery gave out -- turns out the charger has died, so was not charging it.

While trying to scrounge another charger, it started to rain, which put an end to proceedings for the night. Anyhow, gave me time to process this set and the Venus from earlier in the evening.

This set was taken at 7pm local time, when Mars was still quite low in the sky, but I'm pleased the three Tharsis volcanoes can be seen sticking out from the cloud banks at the lower left, and Olympus Mons is just rounding the terminator.

C11 + Orion RGB filters + TV 3x Barlow + DMK21AU04.AS camera.

-Ivan

[Shiraz]

Lots of detail - really impressive result Ivan. regards Ray

[allan gould]

Saw this visually last night and your photo makes it clearer what I managed to draw. Thanks for the image, really nicely done.

[asimov]

Nicely done Ivan. Plenty of detail there.

[lepton3]

Thanks Ray. Glad you liked it.



Thanks Allan. Would be interested to see your drawing if you decided to post it.



Thanks John, Mars really is being pretty obliging for us on the back side of this apparition.

-Ivan

[Clayton]

VERY nice Ivan :thumbsup:

[lepton3]

Thanks for the compliment Rob. Must say I was glad to get an image like this at this late stage of the apparition.

-Ivan