Antilhue - Chile
Antilhue - Chile
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| Designation | Mars |
| Object type | Outer planet |
| Object data | Phase: 94.3% - Apparent mag: -2.11 - Apparent angular size: 20.93 arcsecs - Altitude: 70° 03' above the horizon. |
| Description | Tonight seeing was good and Mars was a delight to observe visually through the 6" APO. The indentation of the south polar cap and a white north polar zone were obvious features. Lots of fine detail was seen on the surface all of which was captured half an hour later with the webcam. |
| Exposure | AVI-RGB 1/33 s, best 100 frames of 5 AVI files, 30 s each. |
| Camera | Philips Toucam PCVC 740K, Astronomik IR-Reject clear filter |
| Optics | Astro-Physics AP155 EDFS + projection by Baader FFC to approx. f/44 |
| Mount | Astro-Physics 1200GTO, unguided |
| Software | K3CCD for acquisition, Registax, Adobe Photoshop 6.0 |
| Imaging team | Daniel Verschatse / Ricardo Serpell |
| Location - Date - Time | San Esteban (Chile) - 24Jul2003 - 07:15 UTC |
| Conditions | Transparency 7, Seeing 7, Temperature +2°C |
