Mars 28 Feb (UT)

[Stefan Buda]

Here's Mars in average seeing from this morning.

[batema (Mark)]

I must be such a novice but that looks absolutely stunning.

Mark

[John Hothersall]

That is still very detailed, what focal length are you using with your scope?

John.

[gregbradley]

Superb!

What sort of DK scope is this?

I wonder if my CDK17 could do images like that?

Greg.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Man, another corker Mars

Mike

[RB (Andrew)]

Absolutely stunning !

[acropolite (Phil)]

Amazing detail.

[Quark (Trevor)]

A top effort Stefan some excellent detail in there.

Cheers
Trevor

[Rod771 (Rod)]

Very nice Stefan, well done

[Stefan Buda]

Thanks for the comments and sorry for the late reply...I've been on a photon gathering field trip.

John,
The focal length used was about 11m.

Originally Posted by gregbradley

Superb!

What sort of DK scope is this?

I wonder if my CDK17 could do images like that?

Greg.

It is one that I made myself. All epoxy/carbon structure on Alt-Az fork mount with Bartels drive. Field rotator and peltier cooling built in as part of the design.
You should have a go with the CDK, but I doubt that it is really diffraction limited on axis because it may not have to be (for deep sky work).