Mars Apr 6th 11.0 UT

[lepton3 (Ivan)]

Conditions in Adelaide this evening were very bad. Broken cloud, jetstream, strong surface wind making it difficult to keep the planet in the frame at f/33, and Mars at low altitude. I only persisted out of sheer bloody-mindedness.

Following on from some comments in another thread, even though this data was really poor, I'm posting it anyway, as I believe this image is a testament to the brilliant work that Emil K. has done with AS!2.

Here is the result, for what it is worth. C11 + TV 3x Barlow + DMK21AU04, each channel R,G,B is a stack of 50% of 3000 frames at 30 fps.

-Ivan

[asimov (John)]

I can conclude that my 'bad seeing' was a lot better than yours, Ivan. A great result from the conditions you describe for sure!

[Shiraz (Ray)]

brave imaging Ivan. Conditions were very ordinary - this is a good result. Regards ray

[Quark (Trevor)]

Good onya Ivan, there is always things to learn even in not so great seeing.

Regards
Trevor

[Matt Wastell (Matt)]

Look OK to me - you have a great set up and I look forward to seeing your stuff under less-bloody mindedness conditions!!!

[lepton3 (Ivan)]

Originally Posted by asimov

I can conclude that my 'bad seeing' was a lot better than yours, Ivan. A great result from the conditions you describe for sure!

Thanks John, last year this session wouldn't have even yielded a result (I was using a webcam), so mustn't grumble too much.

Originally Posted by Shiraz

brave imaging Ivan. Conditions were very ordinary - this is a good result. Regards ray

Cheers Ray, when I looked at the GFS 200mb map this morning it showed we had 40-50kt jetstream, so I reckon lucky to get anything other than an orange ball.

Originally Posted by Quark

Good onya Ivan, there is always things to learn even in not so great seeing.

Regards
Trevor

Quite right Trevor.

Originally Posted by Matt Wastell

Look OK to me - you have a great set up and I look forward to seeing your stuff under less-bloody mindedness conditions!!!

Thanks Matt, actually I'm pretty happy with this rig now. Can't wait to try it on Mercury later this year.

-Ivan

[Clayton]

Nice work Ivan
Hope we get some nice conditions before then!