Mars during 2018
All
images have been taken with an Skywatcher
BK DOB14" Collapsible 355mm @f/4.5 telescope
mounted on an
Skywatcher AZ EQ6 mount German
Equatorial / Alt-Az dual mode.
A ASI290MM
- Monochrome camera
was used along with SupaSlim
Filter Wheel.
A Televue 3x barlow was used to
increase the effective focal length and consequent magnification.
Image acquisition with Torsten
Edelmann's Firecapture software .
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| August
31 2018
Condition average with seeing with good transparency. Telescope Skywatcher BK DOB14" Collapsible 355mm, camera ASI290MM, filters R-G-B, barlow 3X. |
 Mars Central Meridian: 57 |
| August
30 2018
Condition average with seeing with good transparency. Telescope Skywatcher BK DOB14" Collapsible 355mm, camera ASI290MM, filters R-G-B, barlow 3X. |
 Mars Central Meridian: 57 |
| August
25 2018
Condition average with seeing with good transparency. Telescope Skywatcher BK DOB14" Collapsible 355mm, camera ASI290MM, filters R-G-B, barlow 3X. |
 Mars Central Meridian: 112 |
| August
24 2018
Condition average with seeing with good transparency. Telescope Skywatcher BK DOB14" Collapsible 355mm, camera ASI290MM, filters R-G-B, barlow 3X. |
 Mars Central Meridian: 111 |
| August
23 2018
Condition average with seeing with good transparency. Telescope Skywatcher BK DOB14" Collapsible 355mm, camera ASI290MM, filters R-G-B, barlow 3X. |
 Mars Central Meridian: 121 |
| August
13 2018
Condition average with seeing with good transparency. Telescope Skywatcher BK DOB14" Collapsible 355mm, camera ASI290MM, filters L-R-G-B, barlow 3X. |
 Mars Central Meridian: 225 |
| August
07 2018
Condition average with seeing with good transparency. Telescope Skywatcher BK DOB14" Collapsible 355mm, camera ASI290MM, filters L-R-G-B, barlow 3X. |
 Mars Central Meridian: 279.9 |
| July 31
2018
Condition pure with seeing with good transparency. Telescope Skywatcher BK DOB14" Collapsible 355mm, camera ASI290MM, filters L-R-G-B, barlow 3X. |
 Mars Central Meridian: 2.6 |
| July 29,
2018
Condition pure with seeing and transparency. Telescope Skywatcher BK DOB14" Collapsible 355mm, camera ASI290MM, filter Red, barlow 3X. |
 Mars Central Meridian: 29.6 |
