April 1999
May 6, 1999
May 8, 1999
May 9, 1999
May 13, 1999
May 19 & 21, 1999
May 23, 1999
June 7 - July 1, 1999
May 13, 1999 - enlarged 2x, artificialcolor
June 18, 2001 - too far south for any real detail on this trip
Processed as below.
Processed as below.
Processed as below.
The 10 best frames were processed using AIP Multi-Image/Auto Process/Planetary/
set for "auto-center" and mild "Gaussian Unsharp Mask";
Then combined using Multi-Image/Auto Process/Deep Sky/
set for "Stack" and "2X Resample"
The final image was processed with strong Unsharp Mask and Crispen filters, then resampled 75%.
Cookbook 245 camera on an 8" Newt w/ eyepiece projection at f/64
CM = 39
CM = 54
Mars 7-12-2003
Central Meridian, appr 172
Cookbook 245 on an 8" newt using eyepiece projection
at f/64.
Stack of 4 images, with strong Unsharp Mask.
MARS 2005
Eyepiece projection at approximately f/29, 230 inch fl - Enlarged 2x
These images are "over processed" to bring out subtle details otherwise lost.
October 22, 2005;
left image CM at about 0 degrees, right image CM about 35 degrees
South pole at lower left (7 O'clock)
UT 04:00-06:30 December 7, 2005
Mars on Feb 20 & 21 2010 using Newtonian 8" f/8 with eyepiece projection giving approximately f/43 with an effective fl of approximately 350". Camera ST-402; LRGB with series of L at .04 seconds & RGB at .08 seconds, images stacked and processed using Registax and AIP4Win; resampled 2x. |
NASA Hubble Space Telescope image for comparision |
