Observation by Martin Ratcliffe: Mars and the Milky Way from South Africa

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Paul Downing

Observer

Martin Ratcliffe

Observed

2018 Jul 11 - 01:47

Uploaded

2019 Apr 13 - 08:38

Objects

The Milky Way
Mars

Equipment

13" Refractor
Canon 60D DSLR
14mm Rokinon F2.8 lens

Exposure

10 x 60 sec

Location

Boyden Observatory, Bloemfontein, South Africa

Target name

Milky Way

Title

Mars and the Milky Way from South Africa

About this image

This view of the Milky Way and Mars near perihelic opposition was taken when Martin visited the famous Boyden Observatory in South Africa. In addition to using the 13" Clark refractor for Mars, he took a variety of wide angle views of the Milky Way. This is a stack of 10 x 60 sec exposures at ISO 2500 and F/2.5. The images and 10 dark frames were stacked in Deep Sky Stacker, then moved to PhotoShop for final adjustment, which included levels, curves, and unsharp masking. Color and contrast adjustments provide a wide variety of views, some like this, others more subtle. This version is 720 x 551 pixels - the original is 7200x5400.

Files associated with this observation

wk16_19_Mars+MW_Ratcliffe.jpg (268.8 kB)

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