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First Mars Image of the 2020 Apparition, Ethan Chappel

First Mars Image of the 2020 Apparition

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

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Description

I left my telescope out all night after imaging Venus with the hopes of imaging Mars. To my surprise, everything was covered in slushy dew when I came back. The sky was also full of thin clouds.

Viewing the red channel by itself helps brings out surface features, while the blue channel brings out the ice clouds.

Notes:

    [li]There appears to be an ice cloud near the terminator, the line between day and night.[/li]

    [li]I suspect the South Polar Hood is visible in the blue channel[/li]

    [li]Mare Sirenum is visible as a dark area straddling the southern limb of Mars.[/li]

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