Mars: that's a wrap

[MarkRadice]

Isn’t Mars the most fascinating sight? It is such a thrill to explore another world and see the desert markings, polar features and clouds come and go.

With Mars now disappearing behind the sun for another 18 months, I went through my Mars images from the last opposition. Needless to say, many are rubbish due to atmospheric seeing but there are a few sharp images worthy of presentation. Here are the best in chronological order to show Mars growing in size to opposition in December and then receding.

In fact, I put together a short video showing the set up and image gathering:  https://youtube.com/shorts/DXtgkPoCzMY?feature=share.

[Ratlet]

Stunning images Mark.  I really like the stuff you've been doing recently like this and the tracking of the orbits of Jupiter's moons.

[Astroscot2]

Lovely set of images , Enjoy your videos Mark, look forward to this one.

 

Mark

[bosun21]

Fantastic captures Mark , a very time consuming labour of love on your part but with outstanding results. Well done 👍

[Mr Spock]

Very nice set of images. I feel like Mars is done visually now. I can still see detail, but’s so small as to be hardly worth the effort. 

[neil phillips]

Lovely work Mark. Looking good

[Kon]

Great set of images. I like the presentation.

[JeremyS]

Excellent work, Mark 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[MarkRadice]

Thank you all for your kind words. Yes, shame to say goodbye to our old friend but we look forward to more views later in 2024 - I just hope the skies clear by then!  

[GordonD]

Oh that is just superb. Well done! Showing it around to everyone I can find. My wife is very impressed.👍

[Space Cowboy]

Very classy set of images!

[orion25]

Brilliant work, Mark! Mars put on a great show this time around. Enjoyed the video as well as the images. Thanks for sharing!

Reggie

[Pete Presland]

Superb collection of images, very well captured and presented