First attempt at Mars picture

Folks

I managed to get a picture of Mars for the first time.
I took the picture at around 2 am on 15th July 2003.
I used a SAC7 CCD camera, an Orion Optics Europa 200 (f/6 version) + a x2
Barlow lens, and stacked the image using K3CCD Tools.
You can see the image on the planets page at my web site
http://www.r.i.taylor.btinternet.co.uk/planets.htm

The seeing was not great, since Mars was fairly low in the sky. Any comments
welcome

Ian Taylor
Chester, UK
http://www.r.i.taylor.btinternet.co.uk/home.htm

Ian

Some nice images there! I have been having a stab at Mars myself (before
the enevitable global dust storm kicks in).

Martin Taylor


"Ian Taylor" wrote in message I managed to get
a picture of Mars for the first time.

Ian

Some nice images there! I have been having a stab at Mars myself (before
the enevitable global dust storm kicks in).

Martin Taylor


"Ian Taylor" wrote in message I managed to get
a picture of Mars for the first time.

Jornada
Thanks for your message.
I couldn't see your pictures since I was denied access to the singastro
group (!). Do you have them on an alternative web site ?
Thanks
Ian Taylor
Chester, UK

Jornada wrote in message
...
Hi Ian,
From your very decent Jupiter and Saturn pics, I can surmise that you can
definitely do much better for your attempt on Mars if you waited for it
to
move higher up in the sky.
I tried Jupiter and Mars but got very bad pics for Jup and Saturn but
still
manage with Mars (albeit not much detail).
Check out my attempts here :


http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group...da/Mersing+21J
un03&.src=gr&.order=&.view=t&.done=http%3a//briefcase.yahoo.com/


http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group...da/My+Astro+Pi
cs&.src=gr&.order=&.view=t&.done=http%3a//briefcase.yahoo.com/

Pics were taken on my ETX105EC using a Nikon digital camera..

Good luck on your following attempts!
--
If replying directly, please delete "abc" from e-mail address.
Thanks
"Martin Taylor" wrote in message
...
Ian

Some nice images there! I have been having a stab at Mars myself
(before
the enevitable global dust storm kicks in).

Martin Taylor


"Ian Taylor" wrote in message I managed to
get
a picture of Mars for the first time.

Jornada
Thanks for your message.
I couldn't see your pictures since I was denied access to the singastro
group (!). Do you have them on an alternative web site ?
Thanks
Ian Taylor
Chester, UK

Jornada wrote in message
...
Hi Ian,
From your very decent Jupiter and Saturn pics, I can surmise that you can
definitely do much better for your attempt on Mars if you waited for it
to
move higher up in the sky.
I tried Jupiter and Mars but got very bad pics for Jup and Saturn but
still
manage with Mars (albeit not much detail).
Check out my attempts here :


http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group...da/Mersing+21J
un03&.src=gr&.order=&.view=t&.done=http%3a//briefcase.yahoo.com/


http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group...da/My+Astro+Pi
cs&.src=gr&.order=&.view=t&.done=http%3a//briefcase.yahoo.com/

Pics were taken on my ETX105EC using a Nikon digital camera..

Good luck on your following attempts!
--
If replying directly, please delete "abc" from e-mail address.
Thanks
"Martin Taylor" wrote in message
...
Ian

Some nice images there! I have been having a stab at Mars myself
(before
the enevitable global dust storm kicks in).

Martin Taylor


"Ian Taylor" wrote in message I managed to
get
a picture of Mars for the first time.

Opps...sorry, I got the same feedback from other people...:-(
I will try and find some way to post my pics online...
cheers!

--
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Thanks
"Ian Taylor" wrote in message
...
Jornada
Thanks for your message.
I couldn't see your pictures since I was denied access to the singastro
group (!). Do you have them on an alternative web site ?
Thanks
Ian Taylor
Chester, UK

Jornada wrote in message
...
Hi Ian,
From your very decent Jupiter and Saturn pics, I can surmise that you
can
definitely do much better for your attempt on Mars if you waited for
it
to
move higher up in the sky.
I tried Jupiter and Mars but got very bad pics for Jup and Saturn but
still
manage with Mars (albeit not much detail).
Check out my attempts here :



http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group...da/Mersing+21J
un03&.src=gr&.order=&.view=t&.done=http%3a//briefcase.yahoo.com/



http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group...da/My+Astro+Pi
cs&.src=gr&.order=&.view=t&.done=http%3a//briefcase.yahoo.com/

Pics were taken on my ETX105EC using a Nikon digital camera..

Good luck on your following attempts!
--
If replying directly, please delete "abc" from e-mail address.
Thanks
"Martin Taylor" wrote in message
...
Ian

Some nice images there! I have been having a stab at Mars myself
(before
the enevitable global dust storm kicks in).

Martin Taylor


"Ian Taylor" wrote in message I managed
to
get
a picture of Mars for the first time.

Opps...sorry, I got the same feedback from other people...:-(
I will try and find some way to post my pics online...
cheers!

--
If replying directly, please delete "abc" from e-mail address.
Thanks
"Ian Taylor" wrote in message
...
Jornada
Thanks for your message.
I couldn't see your pictures since I was denied access to the singastro
group (!). Do you have them on an alternative web site ?
Thanks
Ian Taylor
Chester, UK

Jornada wrote in message
...
Hi Ian,
From your very decent Jupiter and Saturn pics, I can surmise that you
can
definitely do much better for your attempt on Mars if you waited for
it
to
move higher up in the sky.
I tried Jupiter and Mars but got very bad pics for Jup and Saturn but
still
manage with Mars (albeit not much detail).
Check out my attempts here :



http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group...da/Mersing+21J
un03&.src=gr&.order=&.view=t&.done=http%3a//briefcase.yahoo.com/



http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group...da/My+Astro+Pi
cs&.src=gr&.order=&.view=t&.done=http%3a//briefcase.yahoo.com/

Pics were taken on my ETX105EC using a Nikon digital camera..

Good luck on your following attempts!
--
If replying directly, please delete "abc" from e-mail address.
Thanks
"Martin Taylor" wrote in message
...
Ian

Some nice images there! I have been having a stab at Mars myself
(before
the enevitable global dust storm kicks in).

Martin Taylor


"Ian Taylor" wrote in message I managed
to
get
a picture of Mars for the first time.

On Sat, 26 Jul 2003 16:53:36 +0800, "Jornada"
wrote:

Hi,
I have uploaded my images (low res to conserve space) here instead:

http://www3.pbase.com/airconvent/inbox

Do check it out..they're not very good, I'm afraid but then again, I'm using
a 4" scope only!

cheers and clear skies

Size doesn't matter ;-)

I'm using a 4" with my digicam. Take a look at my website (sig.) -
click on the composite picture at the top of the front page.

I've found that taking movies and stacking them is producing better
results for me than taking still images.

Last night (morning of the 28th) actually gave me some time to gather
data. From initial looks, the results look promising.

Basically, I took a shed load of MOVs (limited to 320x240 43s max
duration) and a rather laborious set of 100 640x480 resolution images
which I'm planning to pass through Registax tonight. I'll post the
images as soon as I'm happy with the results.

--
Pete
Homepage at http://www.pbl33.co.uk
CCD/digicam astronomy

On Sat, 26 Jul 2003 16:53:36 +0800, "Jornada"
wrote:

Hi,
I have uploaded my images (low res to conserve space) here instead:

http://www3.pbase.com/airconvent/inbox

Do check it out..they're not very good, I'm afraid but then again, I'm using
a 4" scope only!

cheers and clear skies

Size doesn't matter ;-)

I'm using a 4" with my digicam. Take a look at my website (sig.) -
click on the composite picture at the top of the front page.

I've found that taking movies and stacking them is producing better
results for me than taking still images.

Last night (morning of the 28th) actually gave me some time to gather
data. From initial looks, the results look promising.

Basically, I took a shed load of MOVs (limited to 320x240 43s max
duration) and a rather laborious set of 100 640x480 resolution images
which I'm planning to pass through Registax tonight. I'll post the
images as soon as I'm happy with the results.

--
Pete
Homepage at http://www.pbl33.co.uk
CCD/digicam astronomy

Pete Lawrence wrote:
I've found that taking movies and stacking them is producing better
results for me than taking still images.

So I've noticed [continues hunting for inexpensive but good digicam with
movie mode].


Last night (morning of the 28th) actually gave me some time to gather
data.

I was out from about 3am. There were moments of decent seeing and Mars
was momentarily showing a lot of detail once the scope had cooled down
(dawn already well underway), but the image was literally dancing around
the LCD. I took about 150 frames and only kept *5* of them!


Best,
Stephen

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