| Designation |
Mars |
| Object type |
Outer planet |
| Object data |
Phase: 99.7%
- Apparent mag: -2.85 - Apparent angular
size: 24.96 arcsecs - Altitude: 72° 03' above the
horizon. |
| Description |
With reasonable seeing and a
large aperture instrument we were able to image Mars at an impressive
effective focal length of just over 20 meters while still maintaining 1/33
s shutter speed. Special thanks to Stefan Seip for acquisition tips and to Willy
Mahl for the loan of the Baader UV+IR Reject filter. |
| Exposure |
AVI-RGB 1/33 s, best 300 frames
of 4 AVI files, 60 s each at 10 fps. |
| Camera |
Philips Toucam PCVC 740K, Baader
UV+IR Reject clear filter |
| Optics |
RCOS 14.5" Ritchey-Chrétien
native f/9 +
projection by Baader
FFC to approx. f/55. |
| Mount |
Astro-Physics 1200GTO, unguided |
| Software |
K3CCD for acquisition,
registration and stacking, Adobe
Photoshop 6.0 for final processing |
| Imaging team |
Daniel Verschatse / Ricardo
Serpell |
| Location - Date - Time |
Vicuña (Chile) -
02Sep2003 - 03:42 UTC |
| Conditions |
Transparency 7, Seeing 7, Temperature
+12°C |
