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Old 26-December-2007, 08:06 PM
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Hi all,

Last night was one of the best nights of 2007 for astronomy here in Arkansas. Seeing was very steady. I was able to get these images of Mars with my Takahashi CN-212 telescope in cassegrain mode.

Here is the one with the barlow + extender, at about f/37
http://gallery.caasastro.org/v/membe...+extender.html

And the one with just the barlow, at f/24.8
http://gallery.caasastro.org/v/membe...ec26+2007.html

Near the planet's limb in the southern hemisphere there are some clouds visible.
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Old 26-December-2007, 10:57 PM
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Superb images. Great that your once in a year night coincided with Mars being so close. Well done!

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Old 26-December-2007, 11:10 PM
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Hi Kyle.
WOW. Nice photos. These are your best photos yet of Mars, to date. Keep them coming. Clear skies to you. Paul
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Old 26-December-2007, 11:22 PM
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Thanks Paul and Matt. I appreciate it.
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Hi Kyle.
I ran your photo through photoshop cs2, helicon, photofilter and noiseware.
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Excellent Kyle!
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Old 29-December-2007, 04:55 PM
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Hi Kyle.
I ran your photo through photoshop cs2, helicon, photofilter and noiseware.
When I process Mars I try to get looking close to how it appears visually, but in your version, some of the clouds and dark features show up better, and the shape of the polar cap is more visible. Good job. If you want any of my unprocessed pictures PM me.

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Thanks.
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Kyle A Beautiful shot you have, Nice colors Lots of clouds details observable at cm. You have a keeper my friend! Clear Skies.

Happy New Years! Efrain
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Kyle A Beautiful shot you have, Nice colors Lots of clouds details observable at cm. You have a keeper my friend! Clear Skies.

Happy New Years! Efrain
Thanks, and happy new year to you too.
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