Mars (06/12/2022)

[rob_r]

Hi. A huge improvement on last year's effort on Mars for me. Very pleased with how some of the details have turned out despite being close to the nearly full Moon.

5x 30s AVIs (via ASICap) stacked 33% best frames in AS!3, wavelet sharpened via Registax 6, de-rotated in WinJupos with a final unsharp mask in Photoshop applied. Taken near Preston, Lancashire. SW 127 SkyMax, SW EQ5, ASI224MC, 2.5x Powermate plus IR-cut filter.
According to Mars Mapper, the dark areas are Mare Sirenum and Mare Cimmerium. The brighter dot towards the top right is Nix Olympica I think. Northern polar ice cap clearly visible too. No ADC as I felt the Mars was high enough. Not sure if I could get this sharper or the focus is slightly out. In any case, the best one of Mars for me at the second attempt.

Thanks for looking.

Edited December 8, 2022 by rob_r

[geoflewis]

Nicely done Rob