2007 Mars Opposition
Web Camera Images
April 5, 2008 at 01:56 UT.
Meade LXD55 8 inch SCT, Philips SPC900NC web camera, and 5X barlow. 1/50 second exposure. 1150 out of 1800 frames stacked with Registax. Video sequences captured with K3CCDTools. Seeing was good (~4 out of 5). North is up. The angular diameter of Mars was 6.7".
March 11, 2008 at 01:44 UT.
Meade LXD55 8 inch SCT, QC 4000 Pro web camera, and 5X barlow. 1/25 second exposure. 600 out of 900 frames stacked with Registax. Video sequences captured with K3CCDTools. Seeing was good (~4 out of 5). North is up. The angular diameter of Mars was 8.3".
March 01, 2008 at 03:41 UT.
Meade LXD55 8 inch SCT, QC 4000 Pro web camera, and 5X barlow. 1/25 second exposure. 400 out of 900 frames stacked with Registax. Video sequences captured with K3CCDTools. Seeing was average to good (3 to 4 out of 5). North is up. The angular diameter of Mars was 9.0".
January 27, 2008 at 04:26 UT.
Meade LXD55 8 inch SCT, QC 4000 Pro web camera, and 5X barlow. 1/25 second exposure. 380 out of 900 frames stacked with Registax. Video sequences captured with K3CCDTools. Seeing was average to good (3 to 4 out of 5). North is up. The angular diameter of Mars was 12.6".
December 19, 2007 at 07:39 UT.
Meade LXD55 8 inch SCT, QC 4000 Pro web camera, and 5X barlow. 1/25 second exposure. 700 out of 900 frames stacked with Registax. Video sequences captured with K3CCDTools. Seeing was good to excellent (~4 to 5 out of 5). North is up. The angular diameter of Mars was 15.9".
December 19, 2007 at 07:11 UT.
Meade LXD55 8 inch SCT, QC 4000 Pro web camera, and 3X barlow. 1/25 second exposure. 750 out of 900 frames stacked with Registax. Video sequences captured with K3CCDTools. Seeing was good to excellent (~4 to 5 out of 5). North is up. The angular diameter of Mars was 15.9".
December 19, 2007 at 06:06 UT.
Meade LXD55 8 inch SCT, QC 4000 Pro web camera, and 3X barlow. 1/25 second exposure. 500 out of 900 frames stacked with Registax. Video sequences captured with K3CCDTools. Seeing was good to excellent (~4 to 5 out of 5). North is up. The angular diameter of Mars was 15.9".
November 10, 2007 at 10:59 UT.
Meade LXD55 8 inch SCT, ToUcam Pro web camera, and 3X barlow. 1/33 second exposure. 50 out of 900 frames stacked with Registax. Video sequences captured with K3CCDTools. Seeing was poor (~2 out of 5). North is up. The angular diameter of Mars was 13.1".
November 4, 2007 at 10:35 UT.
Meade LXD55 8 inch SCT, ToUcam Pro web camera, and 3X barlow. 1/50 second exposure. 100 out of 900 frames stacked with Registax. Video sequences captured with K3CCDTools. Seeing was poor (~2 out of 5). North is up. The angular diameter of Mars was 12.5".
November 3, 2007 at 11:13 UT.
Meade LXD55 8 inch SCT, ToUcam Pro web camera, and 3X barlow. 1/50 second exposure. 100 out of 900 frames stacked with Registax. Video sequences captured with K3CCDTools. Seeing was average (~3 out of 5). North is up. The angular diameter of Mars was 12.4".