Mars 12-01-2012

[Troy]

Hi,
I was able to get out and image Mars on Friday night. After 2 O'clock the conditions were pretty good. Overall it was one of those nights where everything just seem to fall into place . I have attached two images of about 6 runs (have not process the others yet) for the night. First image altitude was about 37° and the second was 45° a lot higher than 2yrs ago. Mars size was 10" and for this size I think this is the best 10" shot I've done.

[Shiraz (Ray)]

how good is that! congratulations Regards Ray

[Clayton]

Lovely work Troy

[Lester]

Outstanding views Troy. Fantastic.

[Rigel003 (Graeme)]

Lovely images Troy and nice processing. Smooth and lots of detail. A bit of cloud there too.

[mswhin63 (Malcolm)]

Impressive, well done

[Troy]

Thanks gents,
I have attached the red channel to show the land features such as Elysium and the blue channel to show the cloud detail around Elysium.

Cheers

[bones]

Troy, very nice detail. Well done.
How many frames did you capture & process in each channel, and how many in the final stack?
Tony

[Paul Haese]

Very nice Troy, first image is superb. I need to get out and do some Mars imaging.

[Star Catcher (Ted Dobosz)]

Excellent image Troy! Nice processing.

Ted

[prokyon (Werner Probst)]

Wow, stunning! I wanna do Mars too. But I do not think, that I am able to reach that quality.

[DJVege]

Awesome detail!

[Ric]

Great work Troy.

They are wonderfully detailed images.

[Troy]

Originally Posted by bones

Troy, very nice detail. Well done.
How many frames did you capture & process in each channel, and how many in the final stack?
Tony

Thanks Tony,
Captured about 2000 frames for the blue and 3000 for the other channels. I selected the best 1000 frames for the final stack.

[Troy]

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Very nice Troy, first image is superb. I need to get out and do some Mars imaging.

Thanks Paul, looking forward to your images

[Troy]

Thanks guy's