A wee Mars

Camelopardalis (Dunk) · #1 29-03-2016, 07:27 PM

Folks,

While out in the wee hours of Saturday morning running tests with the 224, I took a few sequences of Mars. Fortunately, the seeing didn't look too bad. Visually, the surface was nicely detailed with the polar ice/cloud being and other high contrast features readily visible.

This test was running the 224 at almost 250fps, my little netbook couldn't quite make the magic number! I also captured a few sequences at slower frame rates which I may post later, but the seeing was dancing well even at high speed.

With the frame rate from th 224, this is a stack of 750 frames or ~3 seconds of data.

Looking forward to seeing how it looks a little closer up as we approach opposition...

Kit: C11 Edge HD, TV Powermate 2.5x, ZWO ASI224MC

Cheers,
Dunk

John Hothersall · #2 29-03-2016, 07:41 PM

The 224 looks like it is super sensitive picking up detail nicely. 250fps seems frighteningly fast for a planetary ccd. Seeing was good for me but cloud stopped my Mars efforts.

John.

Camelopardalis (Dunk) · #3 29-03-2016, 07:54 PM

Yeah I'm pretty pleased with it so far, certain packs in the bang for buck.

It has an usually high analogue gain range.

Atmos (Colin) · #4 29-03-2016, 10:22 PM

Damn good for 3s of time spent on it! When Mars gets a little bit closer it'll certainly help bring out some more detail.

MortonH · #5 29-03-2016, 11:13 PM

Nice capture, Dunk.

I was observing Mars with the Tak at the same time. Nice to see the same view with more detail.

Camelopardalis (Dunk) · #6 30-03-2016, 09:58 AM

Thanks Colin, Morton!

It's definitely whet my appetite