Lunatiki
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Thought it might be fun for people to post their favorite (one you took) image of Mars from this apparition since its coming to a close. Weather and seeing have stopped my imaging for close to a month now. I hope to get a few more shots. I'll go ahead and post one of mine, with more to follow later. This shot shows the October dust storm from the 26th. Certainly some of my best seeing ever....
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Mike B.
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Awesome image! The dust storm was cool.
It was just starting up when I took the frames for the animation below. The seeing was lousy, but at least you can see the storm well enough:
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Sean McDaniel
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outstanding stuff. this is going to be a fun thread.
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Paul Rix
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I guess this would be my favourite Mars image that I took.
I was never able to match the detail some of you guys were routinely achieving but overall I have ben happy with my progress.
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Zoomster
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My favorite...? How about the only one where I got "decent" results, lol!! It's a bit overprocessed but, hey, that's why it's called amateur astronomy...
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Celestron CPC 1100 aka "The Marino"
Moonlite Dual Rate Focuser
WO Dielecric Diagonal
Denkmeier "Big Easy" Binos and assorted eyepieces.
Coranado PST
SPC900NC...not modded...yet. (eh-eh)
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Edited by Zoomster (12/17/05 09:19 AM)
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apfevervictim
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Great thread idea Lunatiki!
I had better images regarding edge glare reduction, and some with a bit better resolution, but I like this one the most because I can actually see Olympus Mons crater, not just a shadowed bump... well, at least I can. 
Bummer, for me this is a good example of loss of data between image formats. In my bmp image, I can see a few lighter pixels that make up the "interior" of the volcanic crator, but when I view the same image, converted to jpeg, they seem to vanish.
Well, like I said, at least I can see it!
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TV102 w/Feathertouch(soon to be on Astromart), 20x80LW & 15x70 Ultra Obies', PST, I need help!
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David Rivas
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Hey guys!
Great shots!! (and great idea Joel!!)
My favorite Martian picture:
12/06/05, as always C8 / Color Raw Mode ToUcam.
What a nice parade!!
Best regards,
David
Edited by David Rivas (12/17/05 10:55 AM)
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Mike B.
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I have 3 or 4 favorite images.  I really like this image from back in October:
BTW, all the images I've seen in this thread are great! Good work, everyone!
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Lunatiki
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3 more, all of the dust storm...
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Lunatiki
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another....
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Well...Here's my favourite (and the best i got of Mars this season)
It's been cloudy since 18th Nov. 
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Bill G.
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Nice work all!
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tnscoper
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Great idea Joel!
Should be fun seeing everyones favorite image.
Some excellent images so far! Nice work everyone!
Here's my contribution, taken Oct.19, 2005
C-8, 3x barlow, Toucam 840.
Allen
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zjc26138
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Great images everyone, here are my two favorite mars images.
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zjc26138
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And the second one:
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SCOPES:
Custom Meade AR5
Zhumell Z10
Orion ED80
MOUNTS:
Meade LXD500
CAMERAS:
DSI Color
Canon Rebel XT
Clear, dark skies everywhere,
-Zachary
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Sean McDaniel
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ok i have a couple of more too. nice images everyone.
here's one...
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sean mcdaniel
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Sean McDaniel
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and the other... the 3 i posted here are the best i have. looking forward to seeing more.
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sean mcdaniel
ns11
toucam pro ii
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techmgr
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Collimated the scope more carefully after the first image.
[image] [/image]
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gazerjim
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Nice pics here!
Posting this pic has me missing the apparition and nights of decent seeing.
Jim
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Lunatiki
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Outstanding pics everyone! Zach, you have some of the best afocal shots I've ran across. One more of mine..... And keep them coming!!! 
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All images taken with:
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Lunatiki
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This one will always be special to me. Notice how small the the diameter was at the time. Its about the same CM as my last image posted here. What is special about this pic to me is it is the very first time I ever caught Olympus Mons. Very exciting moment for me.
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DanV
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The gods of atmospheric turbulence had mercy on me one night. Repeated prayers and chanting of incantations proved unsuccessful on other nights... 
Dan
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BWDenver
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Well here my “best of”, taken on Oct 1 2005. This was about a week after I got my C8, and the seeing conditions were the best encountered since then. Denver may be a mile high, but the mountains play heck with the seeing conditions! 
The shot on the LH is a reprocessed version of the RH shot.
Bryan
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I almost don't want to show my "best" in this thread with all these great shots.
This was taken afocally with a 1.3 mega-pixel sony digacam thru a barlowed 18mm ep in a 4.5 inch newt, and is a stack of 30 exposures:
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Mike B.
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I already posted this image a while back in another thread, but it seems appropriate to re-post here.
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Awesomelenny
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Actually my favorite is the best one I ever took in my whole life! This one was taken on November 5th at 12:42 am EST with my 12" Meade LX200 at f/30 with the ToUcam Pro. 
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zjc26138
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This is one of my other favorite images becasue I was able to capture Olympus Mons.
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Custom Meade AR5
Zhumell Z10
Orion ED80
MOUNTS:
Meade LXD500
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DSI Color
Canon Rebel XT
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tjensen
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WOW! There are some simply outstanding photos on this thread. Congratulations to everyone!  Here is my humble contribution:
Taken 11-02-05 10" LX200GPS at F30
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Orion 80ED
Canon XT (modified)
ToUcam Pro
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Bird
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Wow, there are a lot of very nice images in this thread!
It's kinda hard to pick just one image, but here we go...
regards, Bird
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