Observation by Peter Tickner: In the glow of Mars

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Peter Tickner

Observer

Peter Tickner

Observed

2020 Sep 25 - 23:14

Uploaded

2020 Sep 27 - 16:00

Objects

Mars

Equipment

ZWO ASI071 MC Pro CMOS camera
Luminance/IR cut filter
14inch/356mm f/10 LX200 SCT
EQ8 Mount

Location

Urban Berkshire

Target name

Mars

Title

In the glow of Mars

About this image

I've been trying to find the best way to capture Phobos and Deimos while Mars is nearer than usual this year. Although I managed it with my planetary camera both were pale and appeared defocused. This time I used my deep sky colour camera on a small ROI and captured a series of FITS images at two frames a second over 300 seconds and stacked them.

The result gives an appearance that Mars is almost an orange flower in space with the two moons, Phobos nearest, seen under it.

Peter

Files associated with this observation

cPhobos and Deimos 071.png (537.3 kB)

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