Post by brianb on Apr 20, 2012 21:11:15 GMT
Skies clear, light wind and unexpectedly steady seeing!!!! Took advantage of rare goodish conditions & shot lots & lots of images.
Here are the best.
The "boring side" of Mars was on view but Nix Olympica is clearly visible (dead centre of the disc in the earlier set) & lots of other features can be made out. Note the clouds visible in the blue channel.
Edit: And here's Saturn (from the early morning of April 20th). Unfortunately due to seeing deterioration & intermittent cloud cover, only the infra red channel was usable.
2012 Apr 20, 0020 UT. Celestron CPC 1100, 1.5x barlow, Astronomik Planet Pro 742 filter, Imaging Source DMK21AU618 camera. Altitude 27 deg, equatorial diameter 19.1 arc sec.
Here are the best.
The "boring side" of Mars was on view but Nix Olympica is clearly visible (dead centre of the disc in the earlier set) & lots of other features can be made out. Note the clouds visible in the blue channel.
Edit: And here's Saturn (from the early morning of April 20th). Unfortunately due to seeing deterioration & intermittent cloud cover, only the infra red channel was usable.
2012 Apr 20, 0020 UT. Celestron CPC 1100, 1.5x barlow, Astronomik Planet Pro 742 filter, Imaging Source DMK21AU618 camera. Altitude 27 deg, equatorial diameter 19.1 arc sec.