Mars October 5 2020
Oct 5, 2020 03:12:04 #
I don't get in here very much any more but wanted to share tonights shot of Mars.
The particulars are as follows
Celestron C8 on a Celestron CGEM mount.
Images captured with a Celestron 236C Cmos video camera.
Shot at 1/130 second at 40 frames per second with a Celestron 2X barlow.
I processed 12% of 2400 frames in Autostakkert 2 and adjusted wavelets in Registax6 for sharpness.
Final crop and cleanup in Photoshop.
Still dealing with smoke here in Albuquerque as well and tonight is starting to settle into the valley.
Stay Safe...
The particulars are as follows
Celestron C8 on a Celestron CGEM mount.
Images captured with a Celestron 236C Cmos video camera.
Shot at 1/130 second at 40 frames per second with a Celestron 2X barlow.
I processed 12% of 2400 frames in Autostakkert 2 and adjusted wavelets in Registax6 for sharpness.
Final crop and cleanup in Photoshop.
Still dealing with smoke here in Albuquerque as well and tonight is starting to settle into the valley.
Stay Safe...
Oct 5, 2020 11:36:42 #
Ballard
Loc: Grass Valley, California
Albuqshutterbug wrote:
I don't get in here very much any more but wanted ... (show quote)
Excellent shot. Thanks for the info on how you took the image.
Oct 5, 2020 12:48:27 #
Looks Great, Jim!
Good to see you getting some time in!
I'm somewhat busy with the wife recuperating from a hip replacement. So when I can get some time, the smoke or clouds are FUBARing my opportunity.
Good to see you getting some time in!
I'm somewhat busy with the wife recuperating from a hip replacement. So when I can get some time, the smoke or clouds are FUBARing my opportunity.
Oct 5, 2020 15:45:00 #
SonnyE wrote:
Looks Great, Jim!
Good to see you getting some time in!
I'm somewhat busy with the wife recuperating from a hip replacement. So when I can get some time, the smoke or clouds are FUBARing my opportunity.
Good to see you getting some time in!
I'm somewhat busy with the wife recuperating from a hip replacement. So when I can get some time, the smoke or clouds are FUBARing my opportunity.
I was wondering about you and your wife.
Sorry about her surgery but she’ll be back to it in no time.
Can’t help with the smoke but I wish you would send it somewhere else.
Be safe...
Oct 5, 2020 15:48:20 #
Ballard wrote:
Excellent shot. Thanks for the info on how you took the image.
Thank you for the compliment.
I try to pass along what I did in case it might help someone else. It may not always be good for someone else but it’s what worked for me.
As we get closer to opposition I am going to change over to my 11 inch SCT and get it aligned. I hope weather stays reasonably clear.
Stay safe...
Oct 5, 2020 23:36:33 #
Albuqshutterbug wrote:
I was wondering about you and your wife.
Sorry about her surgery but she’ll be back to it in no time.
Can’t help with the smoke but I wish you would send it somewhere else.
Be safe...
Sorry about her surgery but she’ll be back to it in no time.
Can’t help with the smoke but I wish you would send it somewhere else.
Be safe...
I have several fans buzzing in the backyard trying to blow it away....
Your way...
Must be working!
Yep, she is really doing amazing, considering.
She had a total hip replacement.
It was an outpatient procedure.
She had a spinal block and "milk" (Propanifal-der-ral-der-whatever (Sp) )
And once they gave her the right stuff for the pain she was comfortable. Hydrocodone + APAP. The tramadol was making her nauseous. (I called it damnitall. The PT cracked up)
She'll be 2 weeks out tomorrow and ready to go to a cane instead of her walker.
I told her she was going to have to get tough if she was going to run with me.
She might be even tougher....
I'm hoping to get some sky time tonight... Last night was cloudy, night before was smokey.
No rest for the wicked.
Oct 6, 2020 02:58:43 #
SonnyE wrote:
I have several fans buzzing in the backyard trying... (show quote)
Give her my best please.
Jim
Oct 6, 2020 07:51:31 #
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Oct 6, 2020 10:19:51 #
Albuqshutterbug wrote:
I don't get in here very much any more but wanted ... (show quote)
Wow, incredible detail. Good job.
Oct 6, 2020 10:23:48 #
I have the same scope but camera is ZWO ASI178MC. You have given me hope of getting a good shot of Mars.
Oct 6, 2020 11:14:01 #
Albuqshutterbug wrote:
Give her my best please.
Jim
Jim
Will do Jim, Thanks!
Please keep inspiring us as Mars reaches opposition.
This is what the BIG scopes are made for.
I'm hoping my Parallelogram gets here in time so we can binocular it.
Oct 6, 2020 23:18:00 #
317tman wrote:
Amazing image of Mars, I really like it. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you very much for the compliment.
Stay safe...
Oct 6, 2020 23:19:26 #
gekko11 wrote:
awesome job !!
Thank you very much Gekko.
I hope you’re getting in on this action.
Stay safe...
Oct 6, 2020 23:21:29 #
alberio wrote:
Wow, incredible detail. Good job.
Thank you very much.
I posted another photo from last night that I feel is better but the ice cap isn’t very white.
Stay safe...
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