From: "ChrisB" <chboss@hispeed.ch>

Date: January 25, 2010 5:21:20 AM MST

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: Cloudy Mars from Cloudy Buffalo

Hi Alan 

A very nice result.

Consider yourself lucky having two usable nights.

I have had no luck at all during this opposition... :-(

regards

Chris

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

Hi all,

Winter has afforded only two shots at Mars this winter, both with the same face facing Buffalo:

http://www.avertedimagination.com/img_pages/mars_20100122.html

Seeing fair - about 5/10, transparency good, gusty winds.

I used this opportunity to try several cameras and camera settings... this is the first I've processed, using the PGR Scorpion camera (1600x1200) at its 800x600 setting. Image scale is smaller than I'm used to with the pixel binning enabled in the camera.

clear skies and best wishes,

Alan