simon fedida
aligned_maxa
Mars, London UK, 28 March 2012, ~00:30 hours. Animation of 11 frames
taken over ~ 45 minutes
FoV: North Polar cap at the 11 o'clock position.
North hemisphere features are the Mare Acidalium (large dark patch), and
Tempe (circular orange patch at the 9 o'clock position).
South hemisphere features are the Mare Erythraeum (5 o'clock). The spike
pointing up toward the Mare Acidalium is the Oxia Palus.
The orange bit separating the Mare Acidalium and Mare Erythraeum is Chryse.
The large orange expanse to the upper right of Chryse is Eden.
Scope - 15cm newtonian, 3x barlow, 25mm eyepiece projection, ~10cm
projection length
Camera - Samsung SDC435, IR block filter, 1/100 sec exposure
Processing - about 3,000 frames stacked each pic (from a 2-3 minute video avi) using Registax 6, wavelets-histogram-colour balance. Post processing in Photoshop Elements (high pass masking, gausian blur, levels)
aligned_maxa
Mars, London UK, 28 March 2012, ~00:30 hours. Animation of 11 frames
taken over ~ 45 minutes
FoV: North Polar cap at the 11 o'clock position.
North hemisphere features are the Mare Acidalium (large dark patch), and
Tempe (circular orange patch at the 9 o'clock position).
South hemisphere features are the Mare Erythraeum (5 o'clock). The spike
pointing up toward the Mare Acidalium is the Oxia Palus.
The orange bit separating the Mare Acidalium and Mare Erythraeum is Chryse.
The large orange expanse to the upper right of Chryse is Eden.
Scope - 15cm newtonian, 3x barlow, 25mm eyepiece projection, ~10cm
projection length
Camera - Samsung SDC435, IR block filter, 1/100 sec exposure
Processing - about 3,000 frames stacked each pic (from a 2-3 minute video avi) using Registax 6, wavelets-histogram-colour balance. Post processing in Photoshop Elements (high pass masking, gausian blur, levels)