Planet Mars taken on a Maksutov MK105

Mars

Date: 20 December 2024
Location: Ormond Beach, Florida, United States

Telescope: Maksutov SVBONY MK105 with Soft Dewshield
Mount: Celestron Wedge
Lens: SvBONY .5x Reducer
Camera: ZWOASI120MC-S
Resolution: 1.13"/pixel
Focal Ratio: f/6.5

Control Software: Celestron PWI (CPWI) Telescope Control Software
Capture Software: SharpCap Pro v4
Pre-Processing Software: AutoStakkert! 3.1.4 (x64)
Post-Processing Software: RegiStax 6,PhotoshopCS3 and Microsoft Screenshot

Camera Settings:
[ZWO ASI120MC-S]
CameraSerialNumber=37114A041C010900
FrameType=Light
Pan=400
Tilt=240
Output Format=SER file (*.ser)
Binning=1
Capture Area=480x480
Colour Space=RGB24
Exposure/Gain Shift=0
Temperature=11.7
High Speed Mode=Off
Overclock=0
Turbo USB=100(Auto)
Flip=None
Frame Rate Limit=Maximum
Gain=44
Exposure=4.0000ms
Timestamp Frames=Off
White Bal (B)=85
White Bal ®=72
Brightness=0
Auto Exp Max Gain=50
Auto Exp Max Exp MS=30000
Auto Exp Target Brightness=100
Mono Bin=Off
CA Reduction/Synthetic Blue=Off
Mask over exposed pixels=Off
Flip (after dark/flat)=None
Trail Width=3
Minimum Trail Length=100
Trail Detection Sensitivity=9
Remove Satellite Trails=Off
Background Subtraction=Off
Planet/Disk Stabilization=On
Banding Threshold=10
Banding Suppression=0
Apply Flat=None
Dark Scaling (Experimental)=Off
Hot Pixel Sensitivity=5
Subtract Dark=None
DisplayStretchEnable=1
NegativeDisplay=0
Display Black Point=0
Display MidTone Point=0.6746031746031744
Display White Point=1
Notes=
TimeStamp=2024-12-21T03:45:53.3722347Z
SharpCapVersion=4.1.12893.0
StartCapture=2024-12-21T03:45:53.3650514Z
MidCapture=2024-12-21T03:46:36.2455625Z
EndCapture=2024-12-21T03:47:19.1260736Z
JDStartCapture=2460665.656868
JDMidCapture=2460665.657364
JDEndCapture=2460665.657860
Duration=85.761s
FrameCount=5000
ActualFrameRate=58.3015fps
TimeZone=-5.00

Courtesy of Luis Omar Rivera-Lopez