From: "Duane" <macastronomer@mac.com>

Date: November 27, 2007 12:25:05 AM MST

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: Mars Fri Nov 23

Hi Milton,

Thanks, that means a lot coming from you. It looks like you had a much better October 

than I did. Everything I took then came out like mush. Your Hellas basin came out pretty 

good too. Is it just me or does it seem much brighter/lighter than it has before?

Duane

--- In Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, Milton Aupperle <milton@...> wrote:

Hi Duane;

Nice shot, thanks for sharing. The Hellas basin shows up well too.

My weather has sucked turbulence wise so the only mediocre shots I  

have are what I took in October

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Astro_IIDC/files/Planetary/ 

Mars20071014and15_MJA.jpg

when it was 10 arc seconds.

TTYL..

Milton J. Aupperle

On 24-Nov-07, at 12:42 AM, Duane wrote:

I almost had a stable enough sky to give me some clear views.  

Instead, here's a Mars a

little over-processed but recognizable. My setup at the moment is:  

C11 on Losmandy

G-11 and I took this through a Televue 3x barlow

http://homepage.mac.com/deal/share/20071123_021109-Mars.jpg

Astro IIDC Settings:

=================== File:20071123_021109_L.mov #frames 2150

Color Camera - Model:'DFx 21AF04.AS' SerialNumber: 0x2D651E3

CCD Image Left: 0

CCD Image Top: 0

CCD Image Width: 640

CCD Image: Height 480

Gamma:  1.00

Blue Gain: 25

Red Gain: 39

Brightness: 451

Black Point: 0

Exposure: 33.33 ms

Sharpness Limiting On: 0

Dark Frame Subtraction On: 0

Flat Frame Correction On: 0

Invert Image On: 0

Flip Horizontal On: 0

Flip Vertical On: 0

Binning Off Color

If you see anything I could be doing better, feel free to let me know.

Duane