[AZ-Observing] Re: Mars

  • From: Andrew Cooper <acooper@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2005 14:59:38 -0700

Unfortunately the viewing with the eyepiece was nowhere near as good as 
the processed image, with or without filters, I could barely make out 
the poles and the only real surface feature visible was the Mare 
Cimmerium and Mare Siremun.

Andrew

Andrew Cooper
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Stan Gorodenski wrote:

>This is about the way it looked visually up here at Dewey, near 
>Prescott, last night. As an aside, as much as red filters are 
>recommended for observing Mars (and I know different filters are used to 
>observe different features on Mars), the one I find that gives me the 
>best "Gawking" image is a yellow filter in conjunction with a polarizing 
>filter.
>Stan
>
>Andrew Cooper wrote:
>
>  
>
>> <>I set up in my back yard again last night to enjoy Mars near
>> opposition. Seeing was not great with a high frequency fuzzing of the
>> image. Despite this I managed a decent image, mostly due to improving
>> my knowlege of Registax.
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>> http://www.siowl.com/dropbox/Mars200511060652.jpg
>>
>>
>> Andrew Cooper
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>> http://www.siowl.com
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