Celebrating the Beauty of the Night Sky
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Mars
First Light


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First image of Mars! Just 5 days before the famous 2003 opposition, Mars is tiny because I shot using f10
3 frames each RBG taken over 5-minute period, should not create rotational smear at f10
Mars Details:
Night of:Saturday August 23, 2003
Site:Ladera Ranch
Local Time:11:32 PM | Aug 23, 2003
Altitude:35°
Distance:34,730,000 miles
Magnitude:-2.85 mV
Diameter:25.07 arcsec
Tilt:-19.1° SP
CM:100°
Phase Angle:6.51°
Illumination:99.68%
Camera Settings:
Telescope:9.25-SCT
Camera:SBIG ST237A
f/ratio:f/10
Pixel Scale:0.717 arcsec
Gain:0
Exposure:0.01 sec
Video Length:?
Frames:
Stacked:9
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