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Mars Saturday Night 4 June

Started by MarkS, Jun 05, 2016, 02:16:24

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MarkS

Here is Mars caught in the clear sky before the murkiness descended.

Altair GP-Cam on Celestron C11 with x2 Barlow.  5000 frames stacked out of 10000 at 30 frames/sec.



This side of Mars is a bit more interesting than the previous one I posted.  With only 17 deg of altitude above the horizon, Mars is badly placed this year.

Mark

Fay

So good Mark you like the new camera then?

Fay
It is healthier to be mutton dressed as lamb, than mutton dressed as mutton!

MarkS

Quote from: Fay
So good Mark you like the new camera then?

Yes I think it's working quite well.  The only annoyances are that FireCapture doesn't support the Altair cameras and that the camera doesn't write Y800 format directly so it needs to be passed through PIPP to generate a file that AutoStakkert can read.

Mark

Fay

They are very reasonable prices. I will have a look
It is healthier to be mutton dressed as lamb, than mutton dressed as mutton!

Kenny

Very good image Mark. Lovely detail.

Fay

It is healthier to be mutton dressed as lamb, than mutton dressed as mutton!

Carole

Looking from Italy.  Excellent image Mark.  Looking foreard to seeing it on a full screen.  Carole

MarkS

Quote from: Fay
is it a 130 colour, Mark?

Yes, the 130 colour.  I think they are also just bringing out another with an even better sensor.

Mark