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A glimpse of Phobos and Deimos

2.5x PowerMate
ADC
14inch f/10 LX200 ACF
EQ8 mount
Until this rather grainy and inevitably over-exposed image of Mars, I had never managed to catch Phobos and Deimos in an image of the planet, although I have been imaging planets for 20 years now.
On the night of 12-13th September I realised that they were both favourably placed in the early hours and after a fair bit of experimetation finally found settings which appeared to pick them out in the right locations.
Peter