Observation by Bill Leatherbarrow: Mars IRGB in turbulent seeing, 19 August...

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Bill Leatherbarrow

Observer

Bill Leatherbarrow

Observed

2020 Aug 19 - 01:48

Uploaded

2020 Aug 19 - 11:27

Objects

Mars

Equipment

OMC300 Mak-Cass
ASI290MM camera
Astronomik IRGB filters

Location

Sheffield

Target name

Mars

Title

Mars IRGB in turbulent seeing, 19 August 2020

About this image

The nearby Pennines create almost constant air turbulence, and that was the case this morning (Antoniadi IV). This prevented me from capturing a routine RGB, so I cheated with an IRGB, which calmed things down a bit. I attach both the IRGB and the IR captures.

The use of IR, of course, makes the albedo markings rather more prominent than they are to the eye.

Files associated with this observation

MARS_2020-08-19_02-48UT_IRGB_OMC300_Leatherbarrow.jpg (46.6 kB)

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