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"Red Amoeba" in Infrared, Ethan Chappel

"Red Amoeba" in Infrared

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

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Seeing was tough for Jupiter & Saturn, but it took a turn for the worse by the time I reached Mars. I only used the best 5% of frames, the lowest for any set of images since I started planetary imaging over six years ago. Thankfully, the IR image revealed that the "red amoeba" was actually Mars.

Notes:

    [li]Hellas Basin, which appears to be obscured by a bright dust cloud, is rotating into view alongside Syrtis Major to the north.[/li]

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