At the end of a night capturing nebulous objects at Perth Observatory, I thought I'd see what Mars, near opposition, looked like through my 80 APO with 4X Powermate (FL=1920mm). There is no surface details present. I see others using 4000 to 12000mm focal lengths to get detail, so am not surprised. Captured with BackyardEOS in 5X Planetary Mode 500 frames ISO 3200 1/15 Sec Registax 6 Stacked best 20% Images Further processed with Adobe Photoshop CS6 Telescope - Apogee OrthoStar LOMO 80/480 with Hotech SCA Field Flattener, No filter, Baader BCF modified Canon 70D DSLR field 106' x 159' , Ambient 16C. EQMOD EQASCOM with Ascom 6 for mount control. Backyard EOS Pro 3.0.3 for Image acquisition. Mount - Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro.
Imaged at Perth Observatory using the Public Viewing Meade 16" SCT Having made a number of attempts with my 80mm f/6 APO with up to 4X PowerMate (FL=1920mm) and not getting as much detail as I'd hoped for, I decided to try another of the Perth Observatory's public viewing telescopes to see if I could do, better than my first attempt on 30/1/2014. There is certainly promise at more than double the FL at 4060mm. Electronic focusing with this telescope using FWHM was however difficult on this night due to gusty winds causing poor viewing. Much better result should be possible in better conditions. Captured with BackyardEOS in 5X Planetary Mode 1000 frames ISO 1250 1/30 Sec Registax 6 Stacked best 15% Images Post-processed with Adobe Photoshop CS6 Telescope - Meade 16" f/10 LX200 Schmidt Cassegrain at prime focus, No filter, Baader BCF modified Canon 70D DSLR field 19' x 13' , Ambient ~20C. LX200 Fork mount in Altazimuth mode with sidereal rate tracking and no guiding. Backyard EOS Pro 3.0.3 for Image acquisition.
Imaged at Perth Observatory using the Public Viewing Meade 16" SCT Being well beyond the reach of my 80mm f/6 APO with up to 4X PowerMate (FL=1920mm) , I decided to try one of Perth Observatory's public viewing telescopes to see if I could get any detail of the elusive Mars. There is certainly promise at more than double the FL at 4060mm. Electronic focusing with this telescope using FWHM was however difficult on this night due to gusty winds causing poor viewing. Much better result should be possible in better conditions. Captured with BackyardEOS in 5X Planetary Mode 1000 frames ISO 1250 1/30 Sec Registax 6 Stacked best 20% Images Post-processed with Adobe Photoshop CS6 Telescope - Meade 16" f/10 LX200 Schmidt Cassegrain at prime focus, No filter, Baader BCF modified Canon 70D DSLR field 19' x 13' , Ambient ~20C. LX200 Fork mount in Altazimuth mode with sidereal rate tracking and no guiding. Backyard EOS Pro 3.0.3 for Image acquisition.
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