[Quark (Trevor)]

Hi All,

Due to the remnant of the cyclone coming down from Queensland, this was my first clear night since Jan 28th.

Imaged Mars from 10:05 pm through to 3:30 am.
For my final capture to get the CM that I thought I needed for my animation project, I had to flop my scope and as I started my 3:30 am capture my histogram dropped off as Mars descended into a nearby tree top.

Ended up with 11 IR avi's covering 4 hrs 53 mins of Mars rotation.
I have attached the best 2 of those images along with labeled comparison images. Also attached an animation of all 11 IR images for a just under 5 hr animation.

Trailed new capture settings for RGB in an attempt to solve the problem of saturating the NPC region. Reduced considerably the gain for all 3 channels, however the NPC still seems saturated and this was not enough signal to do justice to the fine detail that was in the R & G channels. Having said that I have attached this RGB as it does show rather well some cloud over Olympus Mons. Of even greater interest, it shows a bright spot right on the very edge of the NPC at the CM.

Thanks for looking.
Regards
Trevor