[videoguy]

Hi all

Last night I undertook imaging of Mars however the the seeing at my site (particularly at high powers) was unfavorable so I decided to step down the power and try to image Phobos and Deimos using the Mintron and 10-inch reflector. Unfortunately, Phobos was caught up in the glare of the over-exposed Mars (not quite separated enough) but 12.6 mag - Deimos was well placed. The attached animation shows not only the orbital movement of Deimos over over 36 minutes but also the easterly movement of Mars with reference to the 13.2 magnitude star GSC 1233 448.

I took a quick short exposure of Mars before the last exposure and placed it over the over-exposed image (needed to detect Deimos) to show its actual size and CM. I hope the animation shows the details ok.