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CCD Images - Session 103 (2005-11-04)

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Objects Session Notes
Bullet Mars
- 1 hour 50 min session, very dark skies,  murky cloud developing during session
- Ambient temperature 7 degC 
- Aims of session were to record images of Mars at near opposition.

Mars

Mars  (near Opposition, diameter 20 arc secs)
taken with Barlow lens
f/31, 0.29 arc sec/pixel

Image Image
 CCD Image -  Approximate Colour
Red : 5 x 1s, Green : 5 x 1s  Blue : 15 x 2s
aligned, stacked & colour combined, 
unsharp masked
2005-11-04  22:50 h UT (#103001-25)
  CCD Image - Clear Filter
24 x 0.11s
aligned & stacked ,
unsharp masked
2005-11-04  23:12 h UT (#103068-92)
 
Mars (rotated to show N pole at top)
Image Image
 CCD Image -  Approximate Colour
Red : 5 x 1s, Green : 5 x 1s  Blue : 15 x 2s
aligned, stacked & colour combined, 
unsharp masked
2005-11-04  22:50 h UT (#103001-25)
  CCD Image - Clear Filter
24 x 0.11s
aligned & stacked ,
unsharp masked
2005-11-04  23:12 h UT (#103068-92)
 
Mars (surface features)
Image Image
 CCD Image (enlarged)
24 x 0.11s, clear filter
Annotated image on right
2005-11-04  23:12 h UT (#103068-92)
 
Mars 
with 26mm eyepiece projection 
f/38, 0.24 arc sec/pixel
Image Image
 CCD Image (red filter)
10 x 1s, red filter
aligned &stacked using Registax,
unsharp masked & rotated
2005-11-04  23:46 h UT (#103116-25)
CCD Image (approximate colour)
Red : 10 x 1s, Green : 10 x 1s,   Blue : 10 x 2s 
aligned, stacked & colour combined 
 using Registax)
2005-11-04  23:48 h UT (#103103-41)
   
Mars 
with 13.8mm eyepiece projection
f/84, 0.11 arc sec/pixel

Image
CCD Image (eyepiece projection)
7 x 2s , clear filter
aligned & stacked using Registax, unsharp masked
2005-11-05  00:27 h UT (#103142-48)

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