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Mars opposition 2020

October 2020 : Mars extra close to Earth around this opposition !
"Mars will reach opposition on Oct. 13, 2020,
when the Red Planet will be only 39 million miles (62.7 million km) from Earth — the closest pairing until 2035" [Credit Space.com]

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Stunning picture with Nikon Coolpix P1000 registered from 4k UHD !

20200927
00:24 .. 00:37 TL (UTC+3)

Mars Telescope C8 Edge + Powermate 4x 2". ASI 174MM.
Firecapture. Autostakkert3. Correct seeing.
Visible Syrtis Major then Meridiani.

MARS 2009-2010

If you are interested by the seeing conditions, please download this litte cropped registered around Mars XVid AVI (1Mo).

Camera VAC-135 1.3Mpix 1/2" 7 fps AVI# -0001 Registax-5 DateTime : 20100131_014846 Stack_ST632 Wavelets _WSL1_1G_WVX05_1000_10_10_10_10_ CB : 100_0_ GA: 0.90 Hist HI0_207 realigned Rotation 163

MARS 2007-2008

Night of good seeing : 20071221-22 just a first image with NIR filter (much more later)!

LX200 12", Toucam pro plus filter wheel 10fps, Barlow x5 20071217_000220
150% Multi(Div250) see here

Mars 20071128/05:06 UT
ToUcam III ( SPC900) no IRCut, 10 fps,
stack 807 out of 2700, wavelet WSDG_WV10_10_596_401_10_10 (Registax 4)

When Toucam was set to 25fps, live image seemed a bit clearer but finally images were captured only at 10fps on my PC.
Aspect is different nevertheless !

Toucam was set to 25fps (Left) and 10 fps (Right)
This time same stack size and same processing ...

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