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Mars 15 Sept 2020, Geof Lewis

Mars 15 Sept 2020

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

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I had about 45 mins of good seeing when Mars passed over the gap between my and my neighbour's houses. The seeing had been terrible, with the streamed image on my laptop jumping all over the place, then very suddenly the on screen image snapped into focus. Noticing where the scope was pointing I realised that it must have been thermals off my roof causing the poor seeing. I started a capture sequence of 3min R-G-B-IR runs, then just as quickly as the seeing had improved, after about 45 mins it deteriorated again, as Mars moved over my neighbour's roof.

Nevertheless the data that I got was mostly good with the final image being the best image of Mars that I have ever managed.

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Mars 15 Sept 2020, Geof Lewis

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Planets - Mars