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Mars
18:01 3/12/2005 UTC
< Previous Next >After a long cloudy period we had a clear sky. There was some haze, but at least Mars was visible through the haze. I had hard time obtaining this image. First I screwed up with the filters and took 540nm solar continuum filter. Nothing special at that wavelenght... After selecting the correct filter I underexposed the IR image by mistake. There were those strange patterns again... However, seeing wasn't that bad and for the long time it was fun to see Mars again! I also tried to image the Martian moons again, but the growing distance and lousy transparency did the job hiding the moons from ToUCam.
Camera: Phillips ToUCam Pro II webcam | Telescope: Orion Optics Europa 200mm f6 Newtonian reflector, Televue Powermate 5x | Mount: Orion Skyview Pro, Boxdoerfer PowerFlex MTS-3SLP drive controller | Filters: Baader IR pass filter, Baader IR/UV block | Guiding: - | Exposure: 750(1500) RGB + 750(1500) IR 1/10s f30 | Software: Qastrocam, Registax, GIMP | Location: 60°31'N 26°52'E (Koivula/Kotka,FI) |
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Added: 08:04 4/12/2005 UTC
