Mars 13.10

[Peter_D]

Here's an image from yesterday 22:00 CET. 

Equipment: Celestron 6SE, Canon EOS 60D.

Barlowed x2

7000 frames, best 25%.

[Marvin Jenkins]

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

[Marvin Jenkins]

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

[Peter_D]

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! 

[alex_stars]

Fantastic image with a C6. I agree, really inspiring! 

[Nik271]

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