Mars 13th April

[AstroFlyer]

Mars tonight, before the clouds rolled in.
C11/DBK618
Approx 2000 frames stacked in AS!2, deconvolution in Astra Image, rotated & cropped in PS CS6.
I think my collimation is still out a little bit.

[AstroFlyer]

Had another go, using some techniques described by Asimov.:thumbsup:
What do you think?

[Rigel003]

Pretty pleasing images for such a small subject. I prefer the first though. The second one seems to have some unnatural looking sharpening artifacts.

[lepton3]

Pretty good result. The ghost effect could be due to collimation, but I've also seen it when seeing is fast flickering.

I like the extra detail in the second image.

-Ivan

[Matt Wastell]

Thanks for the view - I am still amazed by the features that can be taken on Mars!

[AstroFlyer]

Thanks guys.
Still long way to go.
Lately I've been inspired by Asimov's efforts - just shows what this equipment is capable of in the right hands in the right conditions.
In my case the operator is the weakest link...:sadeyes:


I'm sure the seeing was partially responsible, but I still believe I can get better collimation.

[Clayton]

I like the second shot. I think it shows more detail whilst remaining quite natural :)

[danielsun]

Nice one Arek.:thumbsup: They seem to have some slight alignment problem but the second one looks much better!
Plenty of detail and the pole. :thumbsup:

Cheers Daniel.:)