Mars in 2001

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The magic of image processing! [left] An average Mars frame captured with D-link USB video card. [right] Average ('stack') of 10 frames, with 'unsharp' mask. Made with AstroStack.

The magic of image processing! [left] An average Mars frame captured with D-link USB video card. [right] Average ('stack') of 10 frames, with 'unsharp' mask. Made with AstroStack.

2001/7/5 23:02 EDT Hand held Camcorder + 8"/f6 dob + 9mm eyepiece. South is up, west is left. Mars diameter 20.1".

[left] A normal frame. [right] Average of 33 frames, with 'unsharp' mask.

[left] A normal frame. [right] Average of 33 frames, with 'unsharp' mask.

2001/7/5 23:07 EDT Hand held Camcorder + 8"/f6 dob + 9mm eyepiece.

2001/6/16 Mars again. West is left, south is up. Mars diameter 20.7".

2001/5/25 My first image of Mars. The 3 frames below are selected from a few minutes' video (there is not much difference among them). Seeing was not good. West is left and south is up. Mars diameter 18.4".

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