2012 Mars Opposition
Web Camera Images
April 22, 2012 at 2:57 UT.
Meade LXD55 8 inch SCT, Philips SPC900NC web camera, and 5X barlow. Camera settings: 1/33 second exposure, brightness: 50%, saturation: 100%, gamma: 0%, and gain: 52%. 125 out of 1200 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 10.67".
April 22, 2012 at 2:30 UT.
Meade LXD55 8 inch SCT, Philips SPC900NC web camera, and 3X barlow. Camera settings: 1/50 second exposure, brightness: 50%, saturation: 100%, gamma: 0%, and gain: 52%. 150 out of 1200 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 10.67".
April 6, 2012 at 3:45 UT.
Meade LXD55 8 inch SCT, Philips SPC900NC web camera, and 5X barlow. Camera settings: 1/33 second exposure, brightness: 50%, saturation: 100%, gamma: 0%, and gain: 48%. 350 out of 1200 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 12.11".
April 6, 2012 at 3:18 UT.
Meade LXD55 8 inch SCT, Philips SPC900NC web camera, and 3X barlow. Camera settings: 1/50 second exposure, brightness: 50%, saturation: 100%, gamma: 0%, and gain: 48%. 300 out of 1200 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 12.11".
April 1, 2012 at 4:20 UT.
Meade LXD55 8 inch SCT, Philips SPC900NC web camera, and 5X barlow. Camera settings: 1/33 second exposure, brightness: 50%, saturation: 100%, gamma: 0%, and gain: 44%. 200 out of 1200 frames stacked with Registax. Video sequences captured with K3CCDTools. Seeing was poor to average (~2 to 3 out of 5). North is up. The angular diameter of Mars was 12.55".
April 1, 2012 at 3:42 UT.
Meade LXD55 8 inch SCT, Philips SPC900NC web camera, and 3X barlow. Camera settings: 1/33 second exposure, brightness: 50%, saturation: 100%, gamma: 0%, and gain: 19%. 200 out of 1200 frames stacked with Registax. Video sequences captured with K3CCDTools. Seeing was poor to average (~2 to 3 out of 5). North is up. The angular diameter of Mars was 12.55".
March 25, 2012 at 6:04 UT.
Meade LXD55 8 inch SCT, Philips SPC900NC web camera, and 5X barlow. Camera settings: 1/33 second exposure, brightness: 50%, saturation: 100%, gamma: 0%, and gain: 41%. 300 out of 1200 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 13.10".
March 25, 2012 at 5:23 UT.
Meade LXD55 8 inch SCT, Philips SPC900NC web camera, and 3X barlow. Camera settings: 1/50 second exposure, brightness: 50%, saturation: 100%, gamma: 0%, and gain: 41%. 300 out of 1200 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 13.10".
March 13, 2012 at 6:51 UT.
Meade LXD55 8 inch SCT, Philips SPC900NC web camera, and 5X barlow. Camera settings: 1/33 second exposure, brightness: 50%, saturation: 100%, gamma: 0%, and gain: 51%. 300 out of 1200 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 13.76".
March 13, 2012 at 6:28 UT.
Meade LXD55 8 inch SCT, Philips SPC900NC web camera, and 3X barlow. Camera settings: 1/50 second exposure, brightness: 50%, saturation: 100%, gamma: 0%, and gain: 51%. 250 out of 1200 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 13.76".
March 10, 2012 at 7:04 UT.
Meade LXD55 8 inch SCT, Philips SPC900NC web camera, and 5X barlow. Camera settings: 1/33 second exposure, brightness: 50%, saturation: 100%, gamma: 0%, and gain: 52%. 250 out of 1200 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 13.84".
March 10, 2012 at 6:53 UT.
Meade LXD55 8 inch SCT, Philips SPC900NC web camera, and 3X barlow. Camera settings: 1/50 second exposure, brightness: 50%, saturation: 100%, gamma: 0%, and gain: 51%. 150 out of 1200 frames stacked with Registax. Video sequences captured with K3CCDTools. Seeing was poor to average (~2 to 3 out of 5). North is up. The angular diameter of Mars was 13.84".
March 9, 2012 at 6:42 UT.
Meade LXD55 8 inch SCT, Philips SPC900NC web camera, and 5X barlow. Camera settings: 1/33 second exposure, brightness: 50%, saturation: 100%, gamma: 0%, and gain: 49%. 250 out of 1200 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 13.86".
March 9, 2012 at 6:07 UT.
Meade LXD55 8 inch SCT, Philips SPC900NC web camera, and 3X barlow. Camera settings: 1/50 second exposure, brightness: 50%, saturation: 100%, gamma: 0%, and gain: 51%. 250 out of 1200 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 13.86".
January 15, 2012 at 10:40 UT.
Meade LXD55 8 inch SCT, Philips SPC900NC web camera, and 3X barlow. Camera settings: 1/50 second exposure, brightness: 50%, saturation: 100%, gamma: 0%, and gain: 51%. 105 out of 1200 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 10.2".
December 26, 2011 at 11:47 UT.
Meade LXD55 8 inch SCT, Philips SPC900NC web camera, and 5X barlow. Camera settings: 1/25 second exposure, brightness: 50%, saturation: 100%, gamma: 0%, and gain: 30%. 600 out of 1200 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 8.6".
December 26, 2011 at 11:35 UT.
Meade LXD55 8 inch SCT, Philips SPC900NC web camera, and 3X barlow. I forgot to record the camera settinngs before switching over to the 5X barlow. 400 out of 1200 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 8.6".
December 18, 2011 at 11:52 UT.
Meade LXD55 8 inch SCT, Philips SPC900NC web camera, and 3X barlow. Camera settings: 1/33 second exposure, brightness: 50%, saturation: 100%, gamma: 0%, and gain: 29%. 950 out of 1200 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 8.1".