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First Mars Image, 2010

7 months agoAcademics / Astronomy : Astroblog

My first Mars image of this opposition taken with Don the 8" reflector, my ToUCam and Vega. Roughly 40 images stacked with Registax.Memo to self, when stars higher in the sky than Mars are twinkling, don't even bother. Couldn't even see the polar cap as I did when I was sketching last week.
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