- Object
- Mars
- Telescope
- Celestron 8" SC
- Focal length
- 4000mm
- Filters
- IR block filter
- Camera
- Philips SPC900NC SC1 (long exposure mod)
- Exposure
- 968@5fps, shutter 25%, 0% gain
- Capturing Software
- K3CCDTools3 3.5.10.1082
- Stacking Software
- Registax 5.1.0.2 (quality setting 98%)
- Atmospheric conditions
- Seeing: 4 of 10 (Pickering), Transparency: good, Darkness: illuminated by the moon
- Location
- Aschaffenburg, Germany
- Date
- 2010 January 26, 21:46 UTC
Comment:
This night was very cold: -13°C. On the left you see a simulation from xplanet. We are looking on Mars' north pole with a nice ice cap.
Mars was near opposition (2010-01-29):
- Apparent magnitude: -1.3
- Diameter: 14.1''
- Distance: 0.6641 au
- Elevation: +53°08'
