Mars 12 December 2022

[BGazing]

Mars yesterday. We literally had 2 hrs of clearish sky, overcast for weeks and the forecast ahead is again bad weather, so quite possibly the last shot at Mars this opposition. Very cold, 0 degrees C, so SCT cooler had to work 20 mins before I started shooting and it was quite uncomfortable to shoot (opening balcony windows would bring out a gush of warm air and completely spoil the seeing). The only good stack I made was when I was locked out

105K frames (6 minutes), stacked 5000. C8, ADC, R6 and a tiny touch in PS. Tried not to oversharpen.

Little bright spot on the NW limb is Olympus Mons, I guess. There are two little bulges on NW (under the polar hood) and SW. Don't know what NW is over, SW is - I guess - Helespontes Mons? Nice bit of haze going on in the south...

[geoflewis]

Lovely image

[Kon]

Very nice.