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Mars - 20221222 - Celestron C6 at 1500 mm - IR, altazastro

Mars - 20221222 - Celestron C6 at 1500 mm - IR

Revision title: AstroSurface version

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

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Description

Definitely not the best conditions for planetary imaging, with an insidious haze which was often invisible to the naked eye, but which continuously "defocused" the planet on the screen, as a sort of veil agitated by the wind.
When there wasn't this nuisance, the image appeared rather stable and well defined, however the aforementioned effect prevented any use of the barlow: an attempt to use it produced a useless image.
I also used the IR bandpass filter in an attempt to improve the quality of the image.

Some detail is there, but essentially I published this just because it was my first Mars for this opposition, and I do not know for sure if I'll be able to image it again before it becomes too small.

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  • Mars - 20221222 - Celestron C6 at 1500 mm - IR, altazastro
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B

Title: 1.4X Version

Description: Resampled 140% with Registax

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Title: WinJupos Image

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D

Title: AstroSurface version

Description: Processed entirely in AstroSurface (alignment, stacking, wavelet, deconvolution) and resized 1.4X.
Very nice, given the source material: it could become my standard way of processing lunar and planetary (or at least planetary) images in the future.

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Mars - 20221222 - Celestron C6 at 1500 mm - IR, altazastro