Mars

21:42 4/10/2005 UTC

This time I took all the images at 10fps. It is good to have shorter exposures to overcome fast changes in seeing, but it also seems to introduce some strange noise into the image. That makes it more difficult to produce smooth result at the end. I also screwed up the color balance in IR image and took bluish images, which also in its own part caused some noise, I think. Still, lots of features visible in this side of the planet. Seeing was good at the time I took this image.

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/UV block, Baader IR pass filter | Guiding: - | Exposure: 750(1500) RGB + 1000(1500) IR 1/10s f30 | Software: Qastrocam, Registax, GIMP | Location: 60°31'N 26°52'E (Koivula/Kotka,FI) |