Contains:  Solar system body or event
Mars on January 10, 2023 - RGB and IR, JDJ

Mars on January 10, 2023 - RGB and IR

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

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Description

Imaged Mars in OSC RGB and IR on the night of January 10, 2023 (January 9th in UTC) under average seeing and transparency.  Mars' disc had a diameter of 13.4" and a visual magnitude of -0.9 at this time.  In the northern hemisphere, the northern polar hood is visible as well as Syrtus Major to the east of the meridian.  In the southern hemisphere, Hellas Basis can be seen to the east of the meridian.   There also appears to be a cloud bank visible in the southern hemisphere near the western limb.

Imaged with a C8 Evo, ZWO ADC, Baader UV-IR Cut and IR685nm pass filters, and ZWO ASI224MC. Imaging train was configured to give me ~F/20. Image capture using Firecapture with gain set at 325 and an exposure of 2.5 ms. Stacking in AutoStakkert3 (best 10% of ~25000 frames captured over 180 seconds). Color balancing and Wavelet sharpening in Registax6.  De-rotated and combined 3 sub images in WinJupos.

Original version:  Mars in OSC RGB at 02:41 UTC, three captures derotated and combined in Winjupos, best capture of this imaging session

Rev B:  Mars in IR at 03:04 UTC, three captures derotated and combined in Winjupos, best capture of this imaging session

Rev C: Winjupos ephemerides, 02:41 UTC

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Description: Mars in IR at 03:04 UTC, three captures derotated and combined in Winjupos, best capture of this imaging session

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Description: Winjupos ephemerides, 02:41 UTC

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Mars on January 10, 2023 - RGB and IR, JDJ