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Retreat of Mars from opposition 2018, LacailleOz

Retreat of Mars from opposition 2018

Retreat of Mars from opposition 2018, LacailleOz

Retreat of Mars from opposition 2018

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This is the likely final version of my series "Retreat of Mars from opposition" (see also "Approach of Mars to opposition"), unless I can capture further images upon returning to Canberra in mid-December. I can no longer image from my kitchen window in Strasbourg as the hot air from the apartment surges past the scope and out into the winter night - not good for imaging or domestic comfort!

There is a gap of about a month between my last image from Canberra at opposition and my first image from Strasbourg in August, due to travel; by August, the dust is starting to clear. I was lucky enough to get good seeing quite often in Strasbourg, so the images taken there with a 127mm diameter Mak-Cass compare quite well with the images taken with a C11 in Canberra, despite the smaller diameter and lower altitude of the planet. These small scopes are extremely good value planetary imaging scopes - very portable and wit hstable collimation.

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Retreat of Mars from opposition 2018, LacailleOz

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