From: "Tim" <tjp314@pacbell.net>

Date: July 22, 2005 2:05:26 PM MDT

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: first early mars

--- In Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, "Alan Friedman" <alan@g...> wrote:

Greetings -

Had a brief break in the clouds this week and a chance to capture my first mars image 

from this apparition:

http://www.geocities.com/alanfgag/mars7_20_05.jpg

I used the stacking feature in ASTRO IIDC to create the components for the RGB layers 

(captured using a manual filterwheel with my B&W DMK 21BF04 webcam.) Although I 

still 

found that I could tweak a little higher resolution by hand selecting and multiple 

aligning 

the frames for a luminence image, using the auto stacking routine in ASTROIIDC saves a 

bunch of time.

best,

Alan

Alan:

Very nice!  I haven't gotten up the gumption yet to get up early in the morning for Mars.  

But  since Jupiter's getting low already in the evening - and Uranus isn't all that exciting at 

under 4" - It's time for Mars!

-Tim.