Mars through a Astromaster 130 - my best to date....15th April 10pm

[DBushell]

[oldpink]

congratulations, you can make out some surface detail
 

[DBushell]

Mars Capture 15_04_2014 22_19_58.jpg

 Just to clarify, this was through a Celestron Astromaster 130 EQ with a 2x barlow and SPC900 set at 10FPS 9 for exposure using Sharpcap, Bahtinov mask for focusing and registax for processing the 5000 frames.  Although my App told me seeing would be fair, I found seeing to be pretty excellent!  Fortunately Mars was far enough away from a street lamp and the moon to get some decent colour out of, with such a small scope.  I'm amazed that I can see any detail at all let alone the detail I saw tonight!

[DBushell]

Here is a reprocessed version.  It appears that at the 9 o'clock position (which I believe is Mars' north pole) you can see some white ice.  I have scope envy though!  The other images on here are amazing!

Mars 15_04_2014 22_19_58.bmp

[DBushell]

Here is a reprocessed version.  It appears that at the 9 o'clock position (which I believe is Mars' north pole) you can see some white ice.  I have scope envy though!  The other images on here are amazing!

JPG version

[Radders]

Great pics for our scope. I might have another go at Mars tonight as my previous efforts weren't very good. I couldn't get any colour.

Radders