Observation by Geof Lewis: Mars (R-RGB) 20 Sept 2020

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Geof Lewis

Observer

Geof Lewis

Observed

2020 Sep 20 - 01:30

Uploaded

2020 Sep 21 - 10:53

Objects

Mars

Equipment

C14 XLT
ASI290MM
Astronomic RGB filters
x2 TV Powermate
AP1200

Exposure

13ms (75 fps), with gain adjusted to maintain consistent histogram

Location

Norfolk

Target name

Mars

Title

Mars (R-RGB) 20 Sept 2020

About this image

This is an R-RGB image of Mars and my best ever Mars image to date. The capture sequence was 5 sets of R-G-B-IR AVIs, each of 3 mins duration at 75 fps, however, with the R data being good, I opted to use the stack of 5xR as a luminance rather than the inferior resolution IR data.
I processed each of the 5xRGB AVIs in AS3!, taking each stack of best 30% into Registax 6 for wavelet sharpening, before de-rotating in WinJupos. The final de-rotated R-RGB stack had a further mild sharpening and colour balance adjustment in Registax 6, followed by a few aesthetic tweaks in Affinity Photo and PS, where I also added the annotation.

Files associated with this observation

Mars_2020Sept20_02303_gdbl_r-rgb.jpg (101.0 kB)

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David Strange, David Basey, Neil Morrison, Nick Hewitt, Mr John William Hughes, Martin Lewis, Jeremy Shears, Mark Phillips, Bill Leatherbarrow, Ron Arbour

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