Mars Far From Opposition
Taken by Kevin R. Witman on April 12, 2023 @
Cochranville, Pennsylvania
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It's always a challenge to see how long you can observe and image Mars past opposition and still be able to detect surface features. On April 12 21:32 EDT with average seeing, I was able to capture Mars using a Celestron EDGE C9.25 w/ 2x Barlow and a ZWO asi290mm camera. I processed this RRGB image using PIPP, AS3, Registax 6, and PS5. At less than 6" of an arc in diameter, the Northern Polar Cap was distinctly visible as well as its Gibbous shape. As a bonus, dark surface features such as Sirenum were visible as well as possible clouds above the Tharsis volcano.
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