Mars on May 11, 2018 (JDJ)

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Mars on May 11, 2018

Time to start preparing for Mars opposition this summer! Took some time off from imaging Jupiter to make some captures on Mars and Saturn on the morning of May 11, 2018. This was the end of a fantastic week of decent seeing, that was promptly followed by a week of rains (good for processing at least...). My Mars imaging has a way to go, but this was my first acceptable result. Really glad that Mars will be twice as large at opposition.

Imaged with a C8 Evo, custom Siebert 2x barlow, ZWO ADC, and ZWO ASI224MC. Image capture using Firecapture. Stacking in AutoStakkert3 (Drizzled 1.5x). Wavelet sharpening in Registax.

FireCapture v2.5 Settings

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Camera=ZWO ASI224MC

Filter=RGB

Profile=Mars

Diameter=12.28"

Magnitude=-0.63

CM=191.7° (during mid of capture)

FocalLength=4350mm (F/21)

Resolution=0.18"

Filename=2018-05-11-0911_1-J-RGB.avi

Date=2018_05_11

Start=091023.775

Mid=091108.780

End=091153.786

Start(UT)=091023.775

Mid(UT)=091108.780

End(UT)=091153.786

Duration=90.011s

Date_format=yyyy_MM_dd

Time_format=HHmmss

LT=UT -5h

Frames captured=13448

File type=AVI

Extended AVI mode=true

Compressed AVI=false

Binning=no

ROI=300x262

ROI(Offset)=0x0

FPS (avg.)=149

Shutter=2.501ms

Gain=320 (53%)

USBTraffic=100

AutoExposure=off

WBlue=95

AutoHisto=75 (off)

Brightness=1

Gamma=50

WRed=52

HardwareBin=off

HighSpeed=on

SoftwareGain=10 (off)

Histogramm(min)=0

Histogramm(max)=170

Histogramm=66%

Noise(avg.deviation)=n/a

Limit=90 Seconds

Sensor temperature=25.2 °C

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