Observation by Steve Knight: Elysium Mons?

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Steve Knight

Observer

Steve Knight

Observed

2024 Dec 16 - 23:33

Uploaded

2024 Dec 20 - 11:36

Objects

Mars

Equipment

Celestron 9.25in SCT
2.5x Powermate
ZWO ASI678MC camera
iOptron AZ Mount Pro
IR blocking filter

Exposure

Shutter=12.33ms Gain=271 (45%)

Location

Banbury

Target name

Mars

Title

Elysium Mons?

About this image

Best 15% of 15,415 frames stacked in Aurostackert and processed in PIPP, Astrosurface and Faststone Image Viewer. "Martian rind" artifact visible. I may have captured 12.6km high volcano Elysium Mons. I have indicated it on GIF.

Files associated with this observation

2024-12-16-2333_8-U-L-Test_pipp_lapl5_ap15_Drizzle15 astrosurface straightened faststoned annotated_pipp.gif (36.6 kB)

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