Sunday, 20 September 2020

Mars - 13/09/2020

As Mars approaches opposition in early October it's increasing in brightness and size. This is probably my best image to date. The southern ice cap can be seen bottom right.

Scope: Sky Watcher ED80 DS Pro
Mount: Sky Watcher NEQ6 Pro
Imaging Camera: Altair Astro Hypercam 183C + Celestron X-Cel LX x2 Barlow
Planetarium software: Cartes Du Ciel
Mount control: EQMOD

Guide Scope: Sky Watcher Evoguide 50ED
Guide Camera: Altair Astrom GP-CAM 290M
Guide Software: PHD2



 

No comments:

Post a Comment