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Friday, June 27, 2014

Mars 2014 ANIMATION!

Mars 2014 ANIMATION!




Using 7 processed and derotated source images from 7 different nights as seen in the labeled WinJUPOS map


Using Photoshop to feather out the seams, this map used for the final animation
A brief and related tutorial on processing Mars is here:


Akule Planetary Equipment H/W

Type: Custom Home Built Newtonian
Aperture: 356mm (14")
Focal Ratio: f/4.5 - 5x TeleVue Powermate at f/26 / 9,315mm EFL
Primary Mirror: Carl Zambuto 14" f/4.5
Camera: Point Grey Research Flea3 - FL3-FW-03S1M (monochrome)
Color Filter Wheel: True Technology UK (Tru-Tek) - SupraSlim with Visual Wide Wheel (built in diagonal)
Filters: Baader Planetarium LRGB Telescope Filter Set
Filters: Astronomik ProPlanet 742 IR-pass filter

Akule Planetary Processing S/W

OS: Lenovo W530 (Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit)
Acquisition: Torsten Edelmann’s Firecapture
Processing: AutoStakkert 2 -> AstraImage -> WinJUPOS -> PhotoShop -> Gimp

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