Observation by Peter Tickner: A glimpse of Phobos and Deimos

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Peter Tickner

Observer

Peter Tickner

Observed

2020 Sep 13 - 01:38

Uploaded

2020 Sep 16 - 21:41

Objects

Mars

Equipment

ZWO ASI462MC colour CMOS camera
2.5x PowerMate
ADC
14inch f/10 LX200 ACF
EQ8 mount

Location

Urban Berkshire

Target name

Mars, Phobos and Deimos

Title

A glimpse of Phobos and Deimos

About this image

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

Files associated with this observation

c2020-09-13_T_02-25-38-0520_Luminance_g6_ap1094 phob deim 50% better-Edit.png (997.7 kB)

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