Mars 26/12/22 with iPhone 14

[PeterStudz]

Skywatcher 200p Dob on DIY EQ platform, Starguider 5mm, variable polarising filter, with my new iPhone 14. Image manually selected from a 30 sec video. No stacking. Cropped, resized, basic editing on the phone with Lightroom. Time video taken about 23:40. North at the bottom as it appeared in the Dob.

I shot the video at the end of a long on/off observing session that involved many targets plus some friends. All good fun. Transparency good after an early shower, although I wouldn’t say that seeing was anything special. There was a strong jet stream according to the forecast. Might have turned out better if done slightly earlier when Syrtis Major was more central. In the image it’s right on the limb (left hand side). Still, I find it interesting what can be seen on the image and in the eyepiece. 

At the eyepiece the North Polar Hood was thin but obvious, but there was an even more obvious white patch/area near (some of it over) Syrtis Major. Although not as apparent as it was at the eyepiece, it’s come out in the image, at about 10 o’clock to 10:30. Maybe clouds or a storm? Hard to be sure. I wasn’t the only one and there’s some discussion here…

 

 

 

Edited December 27, 2022 by PeterStudz