[AZ-Observing] Re: Mars and the Moon
- From: <sam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 12:45:40 -0700
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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