Mars 2003/7/4

Mars 2003/7/4, 3:24 PDT

The above image is one half of the Nikon Coolpix 990 Digital camera optical resolution, image processed and cropped. The below image is full Nikon Coolpix 990 camera optical resolution, image processed and cropped.

Mars Information
Azm: 152°11'58" Alt: +26°37'58" (with refraction: +26°39'56")

Nikon Coolpix 990 Photo Information
DSCN3305.JPG to DSCN3387.JPG 72 images stacked out of 83 taken
CAMERA : E990V1.1
METERING : SPOT
MODE : M
SHUTTER : 1/4sec
APERTURE : F4.0
EXP +/- : 0.0
FOCAL LENGTH : f46.8mm(X2.0)
IMG ADJUST : STANDARD
SENSITIVITY : ISO100
WHITEBAL : SUNNY
SHARPNESS : HIGH
DATE : 2003.07.04 03:15 to 03:24 PDT
DATE : 2003.07.04 10:15 to 10:24 UT
QUALITY : FULL FINE

Imaging Equipment

Telescope: Orion Argonaut™ 150mm Maksutov-Cassegrain telescope, f/12 focal ratio, 1800mm focal length
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 990 Digital Camera afocal coupled to the eyepice
Eyepiece: Tele Vue Radian 4mm Eyepiece
Focuser: JMI NGF-S Motofocus with DRO (Digital Read Out)
Telescope Mount: Orion EQ-3 mount with EQ-3M dual-axis DC motor drive on Celestron vibration suppression pads

Imaging Processing

JASC Inc. Paint Shop Pro Version 8.00, batch crop, manual center Mars, crop to 800 x 800 and convert to BMP
Cor Berrevoets Registax Version 1.1, align, select, stack and process multiple images
JASC Inc. Paint Shop Pro Version 8.00, unsharp mask, resize, final crop and convert to JPG

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