Mars from 15th Feb

Matty P (Matt) · #1 16-02-2008, 05:37 PM

I decided to give Mars a shot before it gets too small to get any surface detail. Mars was just above the roofline but I think it came out pretty good.

Details:

Celestron 8SE SCT f/20
DMK 21AU04.AS + 2x Barlow
Processed with Registax4
Stack Size: 400/2000

Thanks for looking

Moonboy (Gus) · #2 17-02-2008, 12:04 AM

Hi
Good photo, But why is it black and white?

Gus

Matty P (Matt) · #3 17-02-2008, 10:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moonboy

Hi
Good photo, But why is it black and white?

Gus

Thanks Gus,

The reason it is black & white is because I am using a Monochrome camera (B&W). To create a colour image, I need to capture a Red, Green and Blue channel then combine them into a colour image.

peter_4059 (Peter) · #4 17-02-2008, 11:16 AM

Nice Mars Matt. It sure has shrunk. I thought you were going after the Atik filter wheel and Astronomik LRGB set?

Matty P (Matt) · #5 17-02-2008, 11:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by peter_4059

Nice Mars Matt. It sure has shrunk. I thought you were going after the Atik filter wheel and Astronomik LRGB set?

Thanks Peter,

I have been procrastinating for a while now.

I hope to get the filters and filter wheel before the end of this month.

edwardsdj (Doug) · #6 17-02-2008, 09:25 PM

A very nice Mars image considering the angular size at the moment.