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Sona Shahani Shukla
New Delhi, India
11/12/2022
11:58 pm

Equipment Details:

8" Skywatcher Flextube Dobsonian on an EQ Platform, ZWO ASI178MC camera, Svbony UV/IR Filter, Televue 2.5x Powermate

Post-processing Details:

Captured 19757 frames in sharpcap stacked 25% in Autostakkert, Wavelets in Registax, Fine tuning in PS.
Camera settings: Gain 316, Exposure:7.0220ms ROI:640*480

Image Details:

Northern polar cap visible even thru an eyepiece, southern pole obscured by a regional storm, if you have seen these dust storms, you can see it in this image as well. Two images show how within moments the seeing varies, could get only 3 videos, then it was futile, hope to get better images as Mars approaches it's opposition.