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CCD Images - Session 104 (2005-11-05)

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Mars
M76 - Planetary Nebula (Little Dumbbell)
Saturn
- 3 hour 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
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Mars

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

 CCD Image -  Approximate Colour
Red : 10 x 0.2s, Green : 10 x 0.2s  Blue : 3 x 1s
aligned, stacked & colour combined, 
unsharp masked
2005-11-06  00:53 h UT (#104162-98)
  CCD Image - Clear Filter
20 x 0.2s
aligned & stacked ,
unsharp masked
2005-11-06  00:43 h UT (#104121-48)
 
Mars (rotated to show N pole at top)
 CCD Image -  Approximate Colour
details as above
  CCD Image - Clear Filter
details as above
    
Mars 
with 13.8mm eyepiece projection
f/84, (2x2 binning) 0.22 arc sec/pixel

CCD Image (eyepiece projection)
7 x 2s , clear filter
aligned & stacked using Registax, unsharp masked
2005-11-06  00:19 h UT (#104084-93)

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M76 - Planetary Nebula (Little Dumbbell)

M76 (Perseus)

 
 CCD Image 
10 x 2 min (average combine), clear filter
2005-11-06  01:45h UT (#104210-19)

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Saturn

Saturn 

 CCD Colour Image 
Red : 5 x 3s , Green 5 x 3s, Blue 5 x 3s
2005-11-06  02:43 h UT (#104234-51)

  

Saturn 

 
 CCD Image 
10 x 1s (average combine), clear filter
2005-11-06  02:41 h UT (#104260-69)
 

Saturn Moons
(Saturn rings lost in bright glare)

 
 CCD Image 
10s, clear filter
2005-11-06  02:43 h UT (#104270)

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