Mars and four volcanoes

[lukebl]

Hi all,

This is a capture of Mars I managed this evening, using a 2x TAL Barlow and a 3x Televue Barlow stacked together, on my 254mm f/4.7 Newtonian (c. 7.2m focal length). My best Mars pic of the season, and pushing my luck, I thought, using 6x Barlows. Testament to the quality of TAL and Televue. Well, what can you do if you can't afford a big Schmidt-Cass!

It's around 3000 frames, captured with a DFK21AU618 cam, stacked in Registax and processed in Photoshop CS3. What really struck me after the stacking process were the 4 big volcanoes (Olympus Mons, Ascreaus Mons, Pavonis Mons and Arsai Mons) showing clearly above the mist/cloud layer on the plains below. Imagine what the view from them must be like?

[Viv]

Just wow - amazing detail Luke !!

[JamesF]

Excellent images. Puts the ones I just posted to shame

James

[Space Cowboy]

Just been wondering what those marks were on my images tonight lol Nice shots Luke! Seeing was better tonight.

[Tim]

Nice one Luke! Wish I had gone for Mars too now after seeing these!

[Kokatha man]

Excellent capture Luke - it's allways nice to grab the volcanoes:icon_salut:.....I was pleased to grab a couple of the Tharsis mob myself in my latest processings...

[kev]

Great images

[Sam]

Great image and thanks for pointing out the volcanoes.

[Asimov]

Nice work mate.

[lukebl]

Thanks, guys. I think that's about as much as I can expect with the current setup, but it's better than I could have imagined achieving a couple of years ago.

[Olorin]

Very nice Luke, well done

[pel]

Brilliant work Luke.

[Zul]

Very sharp image great work!

[kenmyers]

very cool.

[neil phillips]

Nice detail Luke

[Beulah]

Luke, that's an excellent image. You must be really pleased with the results. Well done sir.

[Alan]

Very clear detail Luke

Alan

[AztecastroMcJ]

Excellent result and detail Luke, and very nicely processed and presented

the info is very helpful aswell so many thx for that aswell