Observation by Martin Lewis: Mars Occultation 8th Dec 2022
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Martin Lewis
Observer
Martin Lewis
Observed
2022 Dec 08 - 05:00
Uploaded
2022 Dec 09 - 00:00
Objects
Mars
The Moon
Conjunction
Equipment
Location
St Albans, UK
Target name
Mars
Title
Mars Occultation 8th Dec 2022
About this image
Final processed image from start of the amazing Mars occultation last night - as seen from St.Albans, UK
Video of event stacked on Mars then on Moon and combined to try and make as realistic a view as possible.
Martin
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Comments
Fabulous image Martin. What software did you use for stacking please, as I'm having issues with mine in AS3!.
Best regards, Geof
Thanks Geoff,
I used AS3 in surface mode for both Mars and for Moon. I split the video into Mars with no Moon and Moon with Mars gone using SER Player just to simplify.
Martin
Thanks Martin, I didn't know that you could spilt the video with SER player; I need to check that out. The only way I could process the video with both in view was to use planet mode in AS3!.
Geof
Hi Geoff,
You can split up a video in PIPP (Input Frames - Input Frame Range) or alternatively use 'Save frames as SER file' in Files for SERPlayer.
Once you have the Moon with Mars absent and Mars with Moon absent (using crop down in PIPP to exclude the Moon) then you can process them separately and bring together at the end for a composite. I matched the composite with the geometry of my favourite single frame from the video.
M
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