moyers_astro
Mars sets over Grimaldi
Mars sets over Schüter and Grimaldi as the moon occults Mars. Since events precluded a realtime capture, I produced this composite from data shot 4 hours before the Occultation.
Location: 8-12-2022 St Helens UK.
Acquisition:Mars- best 5% of 5000x 2.5ms each RGB gain 400.
Moon- best 20% of 200x 1ms each RGB gain 400.
Equipment:Skywatcher 200P, EQ6R-Pro. Altair H183Mpro. ZWO EAF, EFWmini with RGB filters.
Software:Sharpcap Pro, EQMOD.
Processing:AutoStakkert, Registax 6, Affinity Photo2 with Topaz DeNoiseAI plug in.
The position of Mars with respect to the lunar craters was obtained from Stellarium. Since the data was obtained 4 hours before the time of the occultation, the details on the surface of Mars will be different due to its rotation.
Mars sets over Grimaldi
Mars sets over Schüter and Grimaldi as the moon occults Mars. Since events precluded a realtime capture, I produced this composite from data shot 4 hours before the Occultation.
Location: 8-12-2022 St Helens UK.
Acquisition:Mars- best 5% of 5000x 2.5ms each RGB gain 400.
Moon- best 20% of 200x 1ms each RGB gain 400.
Equipment:Skywatcher 200P, EQ6R-Pro. Altair H183Mpro. ZWO EAF, EFWmini with RGB filters.
Software:Sharpcap Pro, EQMOD.
Processing:AutoStakkert, Registax 6, Affinity Photo2 with Topaz DeNoiseAI plug in.
The position of Mars with respect to the lunar craters was obtained from Stellarium. Since the data was obtained 4 hours before the time of the occultation, the details on the surface of Mars will be different due to its rotation.