[iceman (Mike)]

Hi guys.

Last night was semi-clear, even though there was high cloud and Mars drifted in and out of visibility, I wanted to do something so I setup to image Mars.

The high cloud meant gain was cranked up over 50%, and the seeing was very bad.

I'm not happy with the image, wasn't intending to post it, but anyway here's the fruits of a few hours of labour.

I guess it just goes to show how the #1 limiting factor in the quality of your image is the seeing. Giving it 3/10 is probably too generous, as even through the eyepiece there were just no details visible.

Also it's a shame to see Mars getting smaller, already under 17" and the gibbous phase means the dreaded bright limb again thanks to registax.

Ah well, I think Mars is done for 2005.