yeehaa...mars!

[bird (Anthony Wesley)]

Here we go, this is the first colour image from Monday night. The raw data was grabbed at 3am, when mars was just 31 degrees in altitude... says something about how still the air was in that valley of snakes.

Equipment:

10" f/6 newtonian with 5x powermate and extension tubes for effective fl around 10m.
Tru-Tek filter wheel, Dragonfly Express monochrome camera.
stacked approx 1400 frames in each of R,G,B

regards, Bird

[janoskiss (Steve H)]

Yeehaa, indeed. That looks fantastic.

[h0ughy (David)]

Amazing, look at the detail on that!! Mike will be green with envy on that one. Nice Shot Anthony.

[rumples riot]

Very nice image and now I think that I need an extension tube. I wondered how you got such good image scale. You have the best in the southern hemisphere congratulations.

[asimov (John)]

'Yeeeha' is an understatement! Great image Bird!

[davidpretorius]

well done mate!

A lot of time and effort on your behalf has been duly rewarded.

That time and effort i am talking about is giving up your time to show us your tricks of the trade, answering all of our questions and sharing your excitement whilst imaging.

Congrats!!!

Now where is the hi res version???????

[bird (Anthony Wesley)]

Hi res version? *hi* res version?? whassamatta... 320x240 not good enuf for ya??

sigh. I remember when computer screens were 192x48 pixels.. them were the good ole days...

Oh well, I replaced the original image with a slightly better one, but it's still the same size...lol

Bird

[davidpretorius]

Originally Posted by rumples riot

You have the best in the southern hemisphere congratulations.

yup, bring it on damien peach!!!!

[ving (David)]

fantasic bird!
you have cause to celebrate with that one.
think you'll ever use an eyepiece again?

[RB (Andrew)]

Oh man,

That's an awesome shot !
There really isn't much I can add to what others have said except-

A bird in Snake Valley is worth two in the bush......

Well done.

[Robert_T]

Gotta love this one! perfectly processed with subtle detail much like - but going beyond - the eyepiece experience! Wouldn't mind learning a bit more about your camera, been thinking of going tri-colour filter monochrome for a while...
cheers,
Robert T

[rumples riot]

Nice update Anthony, Olympus mons is is quite visible in the upper left of the image. Well done.

[xstream (John)]

Well done mate!
You deserve it, you put in more than enough effort to get it.

"The Master of Magic".

[atalas]

Great shot Bird can't belive you got such a sharp shot when Mars was that low .

[Dave47tuc (David)]

Nice work Anthony

The seeing was pretty good. I had a nice view. Glad you got such a great shot with a lot of effort. Well done.

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

That's terrific Bird!! Was well worth staying up until sunrise.

I won't pick on you for using EP's as I was doing it with you. I hope your Saturn shots come out good considering it was daylight when you finished capturing.

It makes me feel all warm & fuzzy seeing the photographic results of doing the Camp!

[bird (Anthony Wesley)]

Okay, here's another one - taken about an hour earlier. This time I did a bit of resampling so the image is a bit larger than the originals.

regards, Bird

[davidpretorius]

holly bird droppings batman, this is heaven!!!!

[RB (Andrew)]

With this new pair of images, I went up close to the monitor looking past the images and I got an almost stereoscopic 3d view.

Awesome bird.

Thanks again.

[iceman (Mike)]

Wow, incredible shots Bird. I was looking forward to seeing these, after the eyepiece view I was getting I knew you would've been getting some good data.

Congrats on an excellent result, and worth the 3 nights of clouds before it!