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Mars 2003/7/20, 4:23 PDT

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

Mars Information
Azm: 183°18'14" Alt: +31°13'07" (with refraction: +31°14'44")

Nikon Coolpix 990 Photo Information
DSCN7035.JPG to DSCN7207.JPG 66 images stacked out of 120 taken
CAMERA : E990V1.1
METERING : CENTER
MODE : M
SHUTTER : 1/30sec
APERTURE : F2.5
EXP +/- : 0.0
FOCAL LENGTH : f8.2mm(X1.0)
IMG ADJUST : STANDARD
SENSITIVITY : ISO100
WHITEBAL : SUNNY
SHARPNESS : HIGH
DATE : 2003.07.20 04:15 to 04:32 PDT
DATE : 2003.07.20 11:15 to 11:32 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 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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