MarsG76 Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Hi Astronomers, Just sharing with you the picture of Mars I imaged on 1 August 2018. Clear skies, MG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargazer33 Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Nice detail. Looks like the dust storm has stopped. Hope to get out tonight and image Saturn and Mars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarsG76 Posted August 2, 2018 Author Share Posted August 2, 2018 8 minutes ago, Stargazer33 said: Nice detail. Looks like the dust storm has stopped. Hope to get out tonight and image Saturn and Mars. Dust Storm is still there but it has calmed down a lot... about half of the features are visible. Attached is a image with the Syrtis Major Planum in the middle I imaged in 2016 for comparison. The difference is that Syrtis is off to the left on my current image and in the middle in the image from 2 years ago. Good of luck with your imaging tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Geoff Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Great image. What telescope and camera did you use to capture it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarsG76 Posted August 2, 2018 Author Share Posted August 2, 2018 21 minutes ago, Cosmic Geoff said: Great image. What telescope and camera did you use to capture it? That was with a NexStar 8SE on a CGEM mount, and the cameras were Skyris 618C for RGB and IS DMK21au618 for IR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargazer33 Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 I see what you mean. Your 2016 image is amazingly sharp. ALL my Mars photos look like the top one! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astroman001 Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Excellent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orion25 Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Another great Mars image! Keep 'em comin'! Reggie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey-T Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Well done MG, just been looking at it and all I could make out was the South Polar cap. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargazer33 Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 Just got in from my imaging session. Saturn was lovely and clear. I could easily make out the Casini Division, even with a X3 tele extender. Mars on the other hand was as Dave says above. I could make out the southern polar cap and just the hint of some albedo. Hopefully I will be able to tease some detail out of the video when I get a chance to process it. Off to bed now as it's a school night and my wife will not be happy if I can't get up in the morning for work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbo! Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 Lovely image. As others i have just come in and Saturn was not bad from here but mars was a wobbley jelly sat on top of a bouncy castle. Its only a few degs difference but I think that and the rooftops that is making the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carastro Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 Excellent image. Carole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbie alert Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 Superb mars.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooth_dr Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 I don’t like it...... I love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarsG76 Posted August 3, 2018 Author Share Posted August 3, 2018 14 hours ago, Davey-T said: Well done MG, just been looking at it and all I could make out was the South Polar cap. Dave 12 hours ago, Stargazer33 said: Just got in from my imaging session. Saturn was lovely and clear. I could easily make out the Casini Division, even with a X3 tele extender. Mars on the other hand was as Dave says above. I could make out the southern polar cap and just the hint of some albedo. Hopefully I will be able to tease some detail out of the video when I get a chance to process it. Off to bed now as it's a school night and my wife will not be happy if I can't get up in the morning for work! 10 hours ago, Ibbo! said: Lovely image. As others i have just come in and Saturn was not bad from here but mars was a wobbley jelly sat on top of a bouncy castle. Its only a few degs difference but I think that and the rooftops that is making the difference. I found that observing Mars is more difficult than observing Saturn. Basically I start my observation sessions with Saturn, and if I don't see cloudbands and the Cassini division on Saturn, than I'm not expecting too much n Mars. That said tho, I find that stacking contrast Booster, neodymium and yellow color planet filter helps on Mars in a massive way. Literally going from a large pale pink but featureless blob to something that I simulated on the attached image with a image of Mars I took on the same night, at nearly the same time. The image only needs a little bit of fluctuations but during the most stable moments this is what and how I saw on mars through the 11mm nagler type 2 and 2X power mate through the 8" SCT. BTW, I'm quite aware of the typo. And the actual size of the disc was I estimate about 0.8-1cm diameter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarsG76 Posted August 3, 2018 Author Share Posted August 3, 2018 8 minutes ago, tooth_dr said: I don’t like it...... I love it! What I dont like is the fact that it's raining right now... but I estimate that on 12th August, I should see and image Valles Marinares is the atmosphere is stable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Presland Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 Another excellent image Mariusz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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