Sunday, December 04, 2005
Mars & earthling visit
Wayne brought us a nice snapper, then the rest of the gang arrived: 
Took this shot of Mars last night,
Registax processed over 600 frames to resolve this disappointing amount of detail but I could convince myself that there is a polar icecap there on the right. Mars has moved fairly high in the evening sky now, in the North East, opposite Venus. It is moving away from Earth now, and will be about 18 years before it is back this close. Taken with an Eden Optics 6" 'scope with Logitech Quickcam which has had the lens removed so the telecope focusses directly on the CCD chip.
Took this shot of Mars last night,
Registax processed over 600 frames to resolve this disappointing amount of detail but I could convince myself that there is a polar icecap there on the right. Mars has moved fairly high in the evening sky now, in the North East, opposite Venus. It is moving away from Earth now, and will be about 18 years before it is back this close. Taken with an Eden Optics 6" 'scope with Logitech Quickcam which has had the lens removed so the telecope focusses directly on the CCD chip.# posted by Doug @ 10:43 AM 
