Mars 2003/7/20

Mars 2003/7/20, 3:03 PDT

The above image is full optical resolution of the Nikon Coolpix 990 Digital camera, image processed and cropped. The below image is 2x optical resolution.

Mars Information
Azm: 160°46'32" Alt: +29°16'11" (with refraction: +29°17'56")

Nikon Coolpix 990 Photo Information
DSCN6663.JPG to DSCN6772.JPG 55 images stacked out of 110 taken
CAMERA : E990V1.1
METERING : SPOT
MODE : M
SHUTTER : 1/60sec
APERTURE : F4.0
EXP +/- : 0.0
FOCAL LENGTH : f93.6mm(X4.0)
IMG ADJUST : STANDARD
SENSITIVITY : ISO100
WHITEBAL : SUNNY
SHARPNESS : HIGH
DATE : 2003.07.20 02:58 to 03:08 PDT
DATE : 2003.07.20 09:58 to 10:08 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: ScopeTronix, Inc. STWA14 Wide Angle 14mm Eyepiece/Adapter
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 cropped, manual center Mars, cropped and converted 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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