From: "jimchung2338" <jim_chung@sunshine.net>

Date: December 11, 2007 9:14:51 AM MST

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Mars Toronto Dec 11

Finally after a week skies cleared enough last night to finish collimating my Mewlon 210.   

Saved me from making an artificial star.   I found collimating with my PGR Flea using 

AstroIIDC with the overlaid reticle very handy in determining if my concentric circles and 

central obstruction were centered correctly.

Of course by the time Mars reached its zenith after midnight, scattered clouds had moved in 

and the image was shot through them, 100 sharpest frames out of 1000 per channel using 

200 ms frame exposure.

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Astro_IIDC/files/Planetary/MarsDec11f30.jpg

Wishing  for at least one superb night of seeing for Christmas.

Jim