First image of Mars! Just 5 days before the famous 2003 opposition, Mars is tiny because I shot using f10 3 frames each RBG taken over 5-minute period, should not create rotational smear at f10 | Mars Details: | | Night of: | Saturday August 23, 2003 | Site: | Ladera Ranch | Local Time: | 11:32 PM | Aug 23, 2003 | Altitude: | 35° | | Distance: | 34,730,000 miles | Magnitude: | -2.85 mV | Diameter: | 25.07 arcsec | Tilt: | -19.1° SP | CM: | 100° | Phase Angle: | 6.51° | Illumination: | 99.68% |
| | Camera Settings: | | Telescope: | 9.25-SCT | Camera: | SBIG ST237A | f/ratio: | f/10 | Pixel Scale: | 0.717 arcsec | Gain: | 0 | Exposure: | 0.01 sec | Video Length: | ? | Frames: | | Stacked: | 9 |
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