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Mars 2005-10-31
Very windy in Selsey last night. Image was being rocked back and forth
like someone had hold of the scope and was shaking it! A bit of moisture has also crept into the main body of the tube (which will be dealt with today). This was a first for me as I'd set up the LX200 for remote operation. Worked very well, despite the wind. A bit of a bonus really as the forecasts had me down for rain and cloud all night! http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/Mars/mars-20051031.html -- Pete http://www.digitalsky.org.uk |
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In article , Pete Lawrence wrote:
Very windy in Selsey last night. Image was being rocked back and forth like someone had hold of the scope and was shaking it! A bit of moisture has also crept into the main body of the tube (which will be dealt with today). This was a first for me as I'd set up the LX200 for remote operation. Worked very well, despite the wind. A bit of a bonus really as the forecasts had me down for rain and cloud all night! http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/Mars/mars-20051031.html Lovely picture Pete. Out of curiosity (and probably a dumb question) but what does the 'F' mean on the orientation? Jim -- Find me at http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk JediGeeks http://www.jedigeeks.com I hate you, Milkman Dan! |
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On Tue, 1 Nov 2005 08:49:15 +0000, Jim wrote:
In article , Pete Lawrence wrote: Very windy in Selsey last night. Image was being rocked back and forth like someone had hold of the scope and was shaking it! A bit of moisture has also crept into the main body of the tube (which will be dealt with today). This was a first for me as I'd set up the LX200 for remote operation. Worked very well, despite the wind. A bit of a bonus really as the forecasts had me down for rain and cloud all night! http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/Mars/mars-20051031.html Lovely picture Pete. Out of curiosity (and probably a dumb question) but what does the 'F' mean on the orientation? IIRC I believe it's "F" for following (limb) and "P" for preceding (limb) although I'm just following an accepted presentation format and stand to be corrected ;-) -- Pete http://www.digitalsky.org.uk |
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In article , Pete Lawrence wrote:
On Tue, 1 Nov 2005 08:49:15 +0000, Jim wrote: In article , Pete Lawrence wrote: Very windy in Selsey last night. Image was being rocked back and forth like someone had hold of the scope and was shaking it! A bit of moisture has also crept into the main body of the tube (which will be dealt with today). This was a first for me as I'd set up the LX200 for remote operation. Worked very well, despite the wind. A bit of a bonus really as the forecasts had me down for rain and cloud all night! http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/Mars/mars-20051031.html Lovely picture Pete. Out of curiosity (and probably a dumb question) but what does the 'F' mean on the orientation? IIRC I believe it's "F" for following (limb) and "P" for preceding (limb) although I'm just following an accepted presentation format and stand to be corrected ;-) Ah, gotcha. Thanks. Jim -- Find me at http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk JediGeeks http://www.jedigeeks.com I hate you, Milkman Dan! |
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Hi Pete
I was hoping you were out imaging last night and would post here! Finally managed to get a look at Mars last night with a 6" Europa. Was able to make out the long dark band above (well looks like to the South) of the equator, but was a bit disappointed that I was unable to resolve much more detail, e.g. last year I was able to see a polar cap. Although you capture much more detail in your image than I was able to see myself, it does make me think that I was probably doing not too bad in getting the main features with the equipment available. I would like to try again to see if I can get the darker material at the south pole - I didn't get that last night. I took the opportunity to try out my AE (BC&F) binoviewer with generic 25mm plossls and either the magni-max lens or an Orion Shorty plus Barlow. To my relatively inexperienced eyes, views through both binoviewer setups were comparable in resolution to single viewing through a 6mm ortho. Using both eyes is very comfortable, though it took a bit of time to get it set up initially. At least on Mars last night, there wasn't a noticeable loss of detail by having the extra surfaces. Probably limited by other aspects of the equipment and level of experience. Anyway, thanks again for sharing the image. Cheers Dave Pete Lawrence wrote: Very windy in Selsey last night. Image was being rocked back and forth like someone had hold of the scope and was shaking it! A bit of moisture has also crept into the main body of the tube (which will be dealt with today). This was a first for me as I'd set up the LX200 for remote operation. Worked very well, despite the wind. A bit of a bonus really as the forecasts had me down for rain and cloud all night! http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/Mars/mars-20051031.html |
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On Tue, 01 Nov 2005 08:44:03 +0000, Pete Lawrence wrote:
Very windy in Selsey last night. Image was being rocked back and forth like someone had hold of the scope and was shaking it! A bit of moisture has also crept into the main body of the tube (which will be dealt with today). This was a first for me as I'd set up the LX200 for remote operation. Worked very well, despite the wind. A bit of a bonus really as the forecasts had me down for rain and cloud all night! http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/Mars/mars-20051031.html Was this using a color CCD imager or three monochrome images with filters ? Did this require a lot of difital post-processsing ? Thanks |
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Nice image. I took one from the same night (at least I THINK it was the same night - mine seems to be showing a different "hemisphere" than yours). Mine is located he http://www.epcinternet.com/astron/marsFinal2.jpg I would have liked to get the same image scale as you. What focal length were you using? Thanks. On Tue, 01 Nov 2005 08:44:03 +0000, Pete Lawrence wrote: Very windy in Selsey last night. Image was being rocked back and forth like someone had hold of the scope and was shaking it! A bit of moisture has also crept into the main body of the tube (which will be dealt with today). This was a first for me as I'd set up the LX200 for remote operation. Worked very well, despite the wind. A bit of a bonus really as the forecasts had me down for rain and cloud all night! http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/Mars/mars-20051031.html |
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On Tue, 01 Nov 2005 08:44:03 +0000, Pete Lawrence
wrote: Very windy in Selsey last night. Image was being rocked back and forth like someone had hold of the scope and was shaking it! A bit of moisture has also crept into the main body of the tube (which will be dealt with today). This was a first for me as I'd set up the LX200 for remote operation. Worked very well, despite the wind. A bit of a bonus really as the forecasts had me down for rain and cloud all night! http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/Mars/mars-20051031.html Holy crap, is that Olympus Mons near the bottom left? You damn well right it worked very well. :-) -Drew |
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Hi, we took a picture earlier that night too. I've posted it on
alt.binaries.pictures.astro -- --- Beta Persei 45° 35' N 08° 51' E remove "_nospam" to reply "Pete Lawrence" ha scritto nel messaggio news Very windy in Selsey last night. Image was being rocked back and forth like someone had hold of the scope and was shaking it! A bit of moisture has also crept into the main body of the tube (which will be dealt with today). This was a first for me as I'd set up the LX200 for remote operation. Worked very well, despite the wind. A bit of a bonus really as the forecasts had me down for rain and cloud all night! http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/Mars/mars-20051031.html -- Pete http://www.digitalsky.org.uk |
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In article , Pete Lawrence
wrote: Very windy in Selsey last night. Image was being rocked back and forth like someone had hold of the scope and was shaking it! A bit of moisture has also crept into the main body of the tube (which will be dealt with today). This was a first for me as I'd set up the LX200 for remote operation. Worked very well, despite the wind. A bit of a bonus really as the forecasts had me down for rain and cloud all night! http://www.digitalsky.org.uk/Mars/mars-20051031.html Very nice. You do have a slight captioning problem on your assorted photos though: is the "250mm" referring to the mirror size, or is that a mistyped focal length? (the 10" LX200 is F=2500mm, not 250mm) -- Steve Holzworth* ** ** ** *** ** ** *"Do not attribute to poor spelling * * ** * ** ** ** *That which is actually poor typing..." Senior Systems Developer* ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** *- me SAS Institute - Open Systems R&D VMS/MAC/UNIX Cary, N.C. |
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