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FROM THE OBSERVATORY · 14-Aug-2018

Mars is Still Hazy

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Mars is Still Hazy
Mars is currently at it's closest to Earth since 2003, and appears as a brilliant red star in the sky. Unfortunately it is also suffering from a global dust storm, slowly abating.
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Notes from the session

Image:

Infra-red: 2500/10000 frames at 147fps
Red: 1750/7000 frames at 147fps
Green: 1750/7000 frames at 147fps
Blue: 1750/7000 frames at 147fps



Hardware:

Celestron EdgeHD 1100
SkyWatcher EQ8 Pro Mount
ZWO ASI290MM Camera



Location:

Orange zone in Brisbane, Australia. (Bortle 7)



Software:

SharpCap: Video recording
AutoStakkert: Frame extraction & stacking
PixInsight: Deconvolution, HDRMT, LRGB combine IR + RGB, unsharp mask, global saturation.