Observation by Dean Ashton: Mars observed from COAA - 8th August 201...

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Dean Ashton OBE

Observer

Dean Ashton

Observed

2018 Aug 08 - 22:29

Uploaded

2018 Aug 13 - 17:50

Objects

Mars

Equipment

500mm Newtonian /f13
2.5x Luminos Barlow
Celestron SkyRis 132M

Exposure

/f13, 3ms exposures over 2-minutes

Location

COAA, Algarve, Portugal

Target name

Mars

Title

Mars observed from COAA - 8th August 2018

About this image

Bev Ewan-Smith and myself captured this monochrome image of Mars on the 8th August, from COAA in the Algarve. Part of the sky was obscured by smoke from burning wild-fires near by, but fresh winds cleared the southern sky so that we could capture this image.

The summer dust storm is abating but still clearly obscuring some features in this image.

Files associated with this observation

Mars_232857_080818_COAA_500mmNewtonian_f13_0.png (39.3 kB)

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Jeremy Shears, David Swan, Graham Winstanley, Andy Wilson, Robert James Stuart, Ian Rothwell

Comments

David Swan, 2018 Aug 13 - 20:06 UTC

Excellent image - I'm sure the Mars section will want a copy.

Dean Ashton OBE, 2018 Aug 14 - 07:53 UTC

Thank you David. I am not sure how it works for offering images to specific sections such as the Mars section.

David Swan, 2018 Aug 14 - 08:57 UTC

I am jealous of the resolution you are able to achieve :) - I have been trying out my Baader IR pass and C8 at f/10 with essentially no success.

Richard McKim has put info on how and what to submit here:

https://britastro.org/node/10908

https://britastro.org/node/10879

Dean Ashton OBE, 2018 Aug 15 - 16:51 UTC

The resolution issue is probably not your kit David, more likely the low altitude of Mars in the UK.

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