Contains:  Solar system body or event
Mars in IR on October 9, 2020, JDJ

Mars in IR on October 9, 2020

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

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Description

Imaged Mars in RGB and IR with an ASI224MC on the morning of October 9, 2020. Mars was a few days past closest approach and showing a disc ~22.5 arcsecs in diameter at magnitude of -2.6. The prominent dark albedo feature along the meridian to the north is Syrtis Major, and the lighter feature below it is Hellas basin.

Imaged with a C8 Evo, ZWO ADC, Baader IR 685nm pass filter, and ZWO ASI224MC. Imaging train was configured to give ~F/20. Image capture using Firecapture with gain set at 250 and an exposure of 5 ms. Stacking in AutoStakkert3 (best 15% of ~45000 frames captured over 240 seconds). Wavelet sharpening and conversion to black&white in Registax6. De-rotated and combined 3 images in Winjupos.

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