The Dutch Observatory

January 5, 2010 on 1:05 pm | In Mars, Planets | Comments Off

This is my first image of Mars this year.  The temperature was 21 degrees Fahrenheit with windgusts up to 19 miles an hour.  However in between the gusts there were some quiet times where the image did not move too much.  By the time i came back inside, i thought my thumb was frozen off.    Transparency was average with seeing below normal.  I made two images one with the WO barlow and the other with the Celestron Shorty Plus.  Here the image with the WO barlow which produces better contrast than the Shorty.