From: "Tim" <tjp314@pacbell.net>
Date: November 9, 2005 5:04:49 PM MST
To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Mars moons animation
Raoul:
That is excellent work!
Might I suggest you submit your results to Sky and Telescope? It'd be cool to see it
exposed to a larger audience.
...I've been thinking of trying to capture the moons myself, after seeing your results (I have
a C-9.25 with a color Flea camera). ...but I've got to wait until this rain clears out! ;o)
-Tim.
--- In Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, "Raoul Schlesser" <gr842@y...> wrote:
Yesterday night I imaged Deimos and Phobos over a period of 40 minutes using the
DMK
21BF04 in the prime focus of my C9.25 SCT. Here's a quick GIF animation of the result
(5
minute intervals between frames):
http://home.nc.rr.com/rschlesser/MarsMoons20051109.gif
Each GIF frame is a stack of about 200 camera frames, each exposed for 133 ms. The
Mars
image is inserted for scale comparison. Toward the end of the animation Phobos
reaches
its greatest elongation... clouds cut the exercise short, I had hoped to keep going for a
while...
Best,
raoul