Observation by Steve Knight: Mars occultation composite

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Steve Knight

Observer

Steve Knight

Observed

2022 Dec 08 - 05:00

Uploaded

2022 Dec 14 - 02:04

Objects

Mars
The Moon
Conjunction

Equipment

Celestron 9.25in SCT
ASI462MC camera
CG-5 mount

Exposure

0.753ms, gain 211, 35%

Location

Banbury

Target name

Mars

Title

Mars occultation composite

About this image

Composite of the start of the occultation from 6 images.

No stacking here, the images are 35 +/- 0.5 seconds apart. Selected the best image from each time window and sharpened in Registax.

Relative surface brightnesses and colours have not been changed.

Files associated with this observation

StarStaX_00_2022-12-08-0458_1-U-L-Mars_f00736-00_2022-12-08-0458_1-U-L-Mars_f11258_lighten registaxed faststoned2.png (1.9 MB)

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