Mars Is Difficult
29-May-2016
Although Mars is at it's biggest and brightest this week, it's so small, it's a difficult subject to get any detail out of.
Image:
- Top 5% frames from 7 minute 1080p video @ 25fps
Hardware:
- Celestron EdgeHD 1100
- SkyWatcher EQ8 Pro Mount
- Canon 5D Mark III
- Varimax II Eyepiece Projection @ maximum projection distance
- 17mm Celestron Plossl Eyepiece
Location:
- Green zone in Brisbane, Australia. (Bortle 4)
- Average-poor seeing.
Software:
- AutoStakkert: Frame extraction & stacking
- Registax: Wavelets
- Photoshop CC: Noise reduction, high pass filter.