ASTROPIXELSEATONS HILL OBSERVATORY
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FROM THE OBSERVATORY · 29-May-2016

Mars Is Difficult

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Mars Is Difficult
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.
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Notes from the session

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.