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sfugardi
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Taken this morning at 3:25am with my C11, 2.5x powermate, DMK21, RGB filters. 90sec avis, 60fps R,G & 30fps B. Best 800 frames stacked with Registax. Seeing was 3/5 under hazy full moon. Polar cap & Syrtis Major easily visible. My first Mars of the season, DIA=8.0". I made the mistake of staying up to image the red planet, instead of waking up early...
Regards,
Steve
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Toucam, DMK21 + IFW Wheel
ST-4/C90, Nikon D70s
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Lunatiki
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Great work Steve. I like everything about it. Color, amount of processing etc. Looks real good.
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sfugardi
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Joel, thanks! Your excellent Mars images inspired me to finally get out there again. I spent too much time micro collimating my secondary only to have it fog up and had to get the hair dryer. I tried 3x & 5x barlows but the noise was overwhelming. Mars is not easy to focus on, I was constantly tweaking up and down
Regards,
Steve
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1986 Compustar C11
Toucam, DMK21 + IFW Wheel
ST-4/C90, Nikon D70s
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KyleEdwards
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Excellent image. The detail is great for 8 arcseconds.
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Kyle Edwards
Solar System Imaging Simulator
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sfugardi
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Kyle, thanks! Hope we all get some good seeing over the next few months
Regards,
Steve
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1986 Compustar C11
Toucam, DMK21 + IFW Wheel
ST-4/C90, Nikon D70s
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sfugardi
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Same data but after RGB combining, I pulled out the L and recombined with R, then created an "L"RGB version. The result shows better contrast and less blur.
Regards,
Steve
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1986 Compustar C11
Toucam, DMK21 + IFW Wheel
ST-4/C90, Nikon D70s
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Mattpanther
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Very nice, Steve. You've processed those images beautifully.
The colour is very natural and you've been very true to the detail.
Well done!
Matt
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Pasquale
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Excellent work, Steve. Terrific image! 
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Go Seahawks!
NexStar 9.25 GPS / SkyAlign
Stellarvue SV102ED
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Vixen Sphinx SXW
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sfugardi
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Thanks guys! I may have a few rogue frames in the stack that are causing the edge blur. If I can clear some hard drive space, I will pre-align with ninox and re-try
Regards,
Steve
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1986 Compustar C11
Toucam, DMK21 + IFW Wheel
ST-4/C90, Nikon D70s
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Freddy WILLEMS
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Nice Steve !
Like the polar caps there.
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Meade 14" LX200 GPS UHTC GPS on permanent pier
Celestron C 14" Peltier cooled for planetary imaging.
Meade 10" LX200 & TITAN 50:1 mount Gemini 'go to'
Meade 127 mm f/9 APO & TITAN 50:1 mount Gemini 'go to'
W/O 102 mm f/7 APO doublet
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