1st ever viewing & image of Mars

[beamish]

It's been a bl&&dy long wait for me to get to see the Red Planet and despite the apparent good conds. truth was there was a fair bit of turbulence and thin high cloud creeping in when I got up this am to bring to life the kit that was set out last night.

So my 1st ever image of Mars and reasonably happy, shot with, ( cheers Legion !), 8mm Tv plossl and the QHY5 projection method.

Made the unfortunate mistake of thinking the dew shield would be enough but evidence of a bit of dew on the front plate shows up as the soft halo Not great I know, bit cheesed at finding the bank of cloud when I got outside.

Onwards and upwards.

[Starflyer]

Some nice detail showing up Karlo, it's a tough object to image and you've done a great job mate

[beamish]

Cheers Ian, it's practice innit ! 1st attempt at projection too, ooooher

[creeker]

Great image, shows much detail. When I was a young boy, only the large observatories could get this kind of image. It's a great age we live in, when we can do the same, from our yards with a small telescope. I hope to get out soon myself to image mars. Thanks for sharing.

regards

Ed

[markystars]

The detail is there to be seen, keep them coming

good work

Mark..

[jgs001]

Well done Karlo, I'd be well chuffed if I managed to get that much detail on Mars

[moocher]

Some good detail in this mate, don`t be too down on yourself!!!!

Alan:)

[Clayton]

Got more detail than I did with this difficult target. So I reckon well done and it will get easier as opposition nears. But practise now will help then.

[beamish]

Wow, cheers guys 2hrs in the cold and less than 5mins AVI to show for it

Just wish I'd put the dew strap on, (have to, now I've shortened the dewshield to avoid the weight and sail effect). Got to the oint where i was getting some great scale and detail then poowf- DISAPPEARED ! wtf, CLOUD and lots more coming in fast so called it a day. But yeah practice deffo !!

[russ]

Karlo, great start to Mars season. Loads of detail captured and you should set for when Mars improves in the New Year.

[Taff]

Hi John' nice capture of mars.Mark

[beamish]

John ??? who that be then ??

[legion48]

It's been a bl&&dy long wait for me to get to see the Red Planet and despite the apparent good conds. truth was there was a fair bit of turbulence and thin high cloud creeping in when I got up this am to bring to life the kit that was set out last night.

So my 1st ever image of Mars and reasonably happy, shot with, ( cheers Legion !), 8mm Tv plossl and the QHY5 projection method.

Made the unfortunate mistake of thinking the dew shield would be enough but evidence of a bit of dew on the front plate shows up as the soft halo Not great I know, bit cheesed at finding the bank of cloud when I got outside.

Onwards and upwards.

That's a really good result Karlo. Is that you hooked now on EP projection.

[beamish]

Cheers L48, aye I think it might be !

I still want to play around with the distance to cam to see about improving scale, then do a comparison against a 4x IM, hey perhaps both

A night of firsts !!

Just been studying SN6 and later this month and in particular mid-late Jan Mars is HUGE, so fingers x'd I'll be out to get more practice b4 then

Karlo