Mars 18 April - just before the showers!

[cybereye]

Good morning everyone!!

Well the clouds cleared long enough last night to convince me to setup the scope - it only takes about 45 minutes - before dinner last night.

After dinner I began getting everythig in order to image both Mars and Saturn and at around 8 was ready to begin. And that's when the clouds rolled in!!

I got one shot at Mars before it disappeared behind the clouds and this is that result. Eyepiece projection with a 2x Barow, this is the best 1000 of 3000 frames stacked in Registax6.

And to add insult to injury, it began raining as I packed up! On a brighter note though, I'm now running two screens during my imaging. As the attached picture suggests, it's not too dissimilar from a North Korean missile launch control room!

Cheers,
Mario

[Quark]

Good onya Mario for setting up regardless and nice result with Mars.

Regards
Trevor

[asimov]

Nice work Mario! I'd like a dollar for every time I've left the scope unattended & we had a quick shower! Last time it happened I was actually imaging & it started raining - The only cloud was in the south 60 degrees away from where I was imaging!!:rofl::screwy:

Quite often I've left the scope in perfectly clear skies to make a quick coffee, which takes 6 mins tops, only to hear the sound of rain on the roof in that time!:eyepop:

Gotta love QLD:shrug::)

[von Tom]

Nice work Mario :).

Tom

[Clayton]

Nice job Mario :)

[cybereye]

Thanks everyone for your kind thoughts.

When I first saw the avi I was a little disappointed but after processing I cheered up when I saw the amount of surface features I'd imaged. I must admit Mars holds a special place in my life as it was one of my better nick-names at school as distinct to "wog", "ethnic" and any other Italian name besides my own! :lol:

Thanks once again,
Mario

[Shiraz]

good result Mario. impressive setup. regards ray