[AZ-Observing] Re: Mars and the Moon

You certainly captured a lot of detail, Keith. How many frames did you use 
to make this image?

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From: "Keith Schlottman" <keith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 12:21 PM
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Mars and the Moon


> Hi Sam and Chris, I was hoping we'd see some pictures, both are great!
> Chris I like how you used a setting of the Rim.  I've got out-of-town 
> family
> visiting and last night we were in the mall parking lot when my
> Sister-in-Law said, "Look, the Moon has a satellite"!  I think we caught 
> it
> just about at closest approach and it was quite a treat.  By the time we 
> got
> home a few hours later, they were a lot farther apart.
> I tried taking some webcam images of Mars a few days ago with the 14", I
> have not quite got the processing right yet but I went ahead and put up a
> preliminary anyway:
> http://www.xanaduobservatory.com/Mars_20071219.jpg
> A bit too dark still and not as sharp as I'd like.  I think I'll try a
> couple more times while it's near opposition.
> Clear Skies,
> Keith Schlottman

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