Mars through the Big Mak

[orion25]

Another late night, but with my 180mm Mak this time. I catch Mars at about 2 a.m. EDT as it just clears the big oak tree and get in some quality observing and imaging. I can easily the south polar cap, Terra Sirenum, Terra Cimmeria, and the Elysium plain. Olympus Mons is there but I have trouble seeing it.. It didn't register on the image either, but that's ok  

Regards,
Reggie

[Sunshine]

Those Mak' are great planetary/lunar scopes, nice pics!.

[orion25]

51 minutes ago, Sunshine said:

Those Mak' are great planetary/lunar scopes, nice pics!.

Thanks, Sunshine. You're right; maks are true "planet-killers" and excellent for lunar work. I have two, a smaller 127mm and the big 180mm. I usually only bring out the big one occasionally because of its size.

[Sunshine]

7 minutes ago, orion25 said:

Thanks, Sunshine. You're right; maks are true "planet-killers" and excellent for lunar work. I have two, a smaller 127mm and the big 180mm. I usually only bring out the big one occasionally because of its size.

I had a 150mm Mak, I only sold it because I wanted a triplet refractor (which is no slouch for planetary and lunar too). Some of my most memorable views of planets were with my 150 Mak but, this refractor is doing a fine job of putting up some epic views.

 

[orion25]

10 hours ago, Sunshine said:

I had a 150mm Mak, I only sold it because I wanted a triplet refractor (which is no slouch for planetary and lunar too). Some of my most memorable views of planets were with my 150 Mak but, this refractor is doing a fine job of putting up some epic views.

 

Those triplets are hard to beat

[Pete Presland]

Very nicely captured.

[orion25]

On 13/08/2020 at 13:26, Pete Presland said:

Very nicely captured.

Thanks, Pete. How is the Mars observing?

[John]

Lovely images - thanks for posting them

Just how Mars looked with my Tak 100mm refractor a few nights back.

 

[Pete Presland]

5 hours ago, orion25 said:

Thanks, Pete. How is the Mars observing?

Not managed a proper observing session yet. Was massively distracted by Neowise, then I have been away for a while. Next opportunity though I would like to image Jupiter,  Saturn, Mars and Venus.