Mars and Deimos
Taken by Peter Rosén on April 20, 2014 @
Central Stockholm, Sweden
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On the 20th of April I planed to capture Mars 2 moons Phobos and Deimos.
I knew from many unsuccessful attempts in the past that it is not an easy task due to the glare from Mars.
I rotated my 10" Newton telescope so the moons would not be positioned in the cross of light from the spider vanes.
Due to the rapid rotation of the moons I also limited the captures to a maximum of 3 minutes per sequence.
Phobos could not be identified as it was inside the overexposed area but Deimos was clearly shown on 2 of the films.
I also captured an image of the planet at the beginning of the session and inserted it as a reference of size and orientation.
The next day I tried again and combined the images into an animation of 45 minutes, shot between 22:01 UT och 22:46 UT.
I have also inserted the rotation path. Fortunately Deimos is staying on track :-)
Still no evidence of the elusive Phobos that will be much harder to photograph.
10" Newton with a 2,5x PowerMate and a DBK41AF02 camera
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