Peter_D Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Here's an image from yesterday 22:00 CET. Equipment: Celestron 6SE, Canon EOS 60D. Barlowed x2 7000 frames, best 25%. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Jenkins Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 A giant thumbs up from me. I look at your picture with envy as I have solid horrible weather when Mars is at best. I personally was just hoping for an EP view. But your picture is a great example of what can be seen under ideal conditions, well done. Marv 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Jenkins Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Seriously, your picture is an inspiration. I took up astronomy perfectly in time for the last close approach of Mars, which was wrecked by the Mars global sand storm. Now it seems Mars is perfect but I cannot see it. My goal was one view of the polar cap. If I miss it again... I have your picture to know it was possible. Marv 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter_D Posted October 14, 2020 Author Share Posted October 14, 2020 Thanks for the nice words Marv..I really haven't had the best of luck weatherwise here in my part of Germany also - either too hot or more recently cloudy. It's only been in the last couple of weeks I've had cooler but clearer conditions. Fingers crossed you get some clear conditions soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex_stars Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Fantastic image with a C6. I agree, really inspiring! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nik271 Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 12 hours ago, Marvin Jenkins said: Seriously, your picture is an inspiration. I took up astronomy perfectly in time for the last close approach of Mars, which was wrecked by the Mars global sand storm. Now it seems Mars is perfect but I cannot see it. My goal was one view of the polar cap. If I miss it again... I have your picture to know it was possible. Marv Hi Marv, The polar cap is very small right now and hard to see. I just could see it yesterday (14/10) around 10pm at 270x with Skymax 180. The main problem is that the planet is too bright and your eye has trouble resolving the subtle features. I found that a filter to cut the glare really helps. I personally like the neodymium filter, but have also tried orange and light red and they made the features stand out a bit more. And Mars became very red of course... Good luck! Nikolay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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