Popular Post geoflewis Posted October 26, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 26, 2020 Back home from Kelling on Saturday and with a clear night on Sunday, I was once again able to capture some more data of Mars. I actually captured 6 x RGB+IR videos, but the seeing was quite variable early on and conditions breezy, making it difficult to keep Mars stable on the chip. Things quietened down as Mars gained altitude close to it's transit, so in the end I only used the last set of RGB+IR videos. Each video was processed as best 1000 frames in AS3! (approx best 7.5%), then sharpened in Registax (R6), derotated and LRGB combined in WinJupos, with a further mild sharpening in R6, before final post processing in PS and Affinity.I am now seeing a very similar aspect to that imaged on 22 Sept, so it is interesting to note how much smaller the south polar cap (SPC) has become. The previous Sept image (not annotated) is also attached below, after reprocessing it for better colour comparison to last night's image.Thanks for looking. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPK_Astro Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Stunning images. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoflewis Posted October 26, 2020 Author Share Posted October 26, 2020 @RPK_Astro Thanks Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob-c Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 A great looking Mars Geof.Bob. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoflewis Posted October 27, 2020 Author Share Posted October 27, 2020 Posted by: @Bob-c A great looking Mars Geof.Bob.Thanks Bob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gina Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Totally tremendous Geof - best I've seen!! ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyvern Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Very very nice indeed. That is something I guess you don't get from DSO imaging, seeing the seasons change and features of the landscape changing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazAstro Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 That's a cracking Mars ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 That's great stuff Geoff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoflewis Posted October 27, 2020 Author Share Posted October 27, 2020 Thanks everyone.@wyvern, yes that is one of the main attactions of planetary imaging, especially Jupiter and also Mars every couple of years - the scenery is always changing. Saturn less so, but the rings angle does change and there are some storms to be seen from time to time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkAR Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Great work Geoff, images of Mars just keep getting better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoflewis Posted October 28, 2020 Author Share Posted October 28, 2020 @MarkAR Thanks Mark, I certainly feel that I've built some confidence in my approach, both at the scope capturing the data and then subsequently when processing it. The last couple of nights have not been so easy though, with windy, poor seeing conditions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkAR Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 Posted by: @geoflewis @MarkAR Thanks Mark, I certainly feel that I've built some confidence in my approach, both at the scope capturing the data and then subsequently when processing it. The last couple of nights have not been so easy though, with windy, poor seeing conditions.Next step is see what you can do with Neptune ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoflewis Posted October 28, 2020 Author Share Posted October 28, 2020 @MarkAR - yeah right , I had a disaster with my attempt at that last night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkAR Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 Posted by: @geoflewis @MarkAR - yeah right , I had a disaster with my attempt at that last night Worth having another go when you get the chance. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoflewis Posted October 28, 2020 Author Share Posted October 28, 2020 Posted by: @MarkAR Worth having another go when you get the chance. Yep, I’ll definitely try it again.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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