MARS 2003

At Opposition (Closest to earth for 60,000 years)

8 Aug 2003 00:10 UT Altitude 17 deg

Toucam + VC200L + 3.5x converter @ f32 + Baader UV/IR Cut filter

Sum of 1600 frames @1/25sec + wavelet sharpening and unsharp mask

Atmospheric chromatic aberation reduced using AstroAlign

13 July 2003 02:30 UT Altitude 21 deg

Toucam + VC200L + 3.5x converter @ f32 + Baader UV/IR Cut filter

Sum of 276 best frames from 406 @1/25sec + Registax wavelet sharpening

Atmospheric chromatic aberation reduced using AstroAlign

16 June 2003 03:30 UT Altitude 17 deg

Toucam + VC200L + 2x converter @ f18 + Baader UV/IR Cut and Contrast Booster filters

Sum of 309 frames @1/33sec 2x size increase + unsharp mask

Atmospheric chromatic aberation reduced using AstroAlign