Mars.

An average of 21 frames from video taken using my 600 MHz iBook with an OrangeMicro iBot FireWire CCD webcam using BTV Pro mounted with a Mogg webcam adapter on an 127mm f/14.96 Meade ETX125AT Maksutov-Cassegrain Telescope with a Scoptronix visual back at 2:08 AM on August 18, 2003 in New York, NY. Each of the frames was aligned and averaged using Keith's Image Stacker after subtracting a dark frame from each on my 467MHz PowerMacintosh G4. Levels were adjusted in Photoshop 7.0.1 to improve contrast. Distance at 0.3786 au and closing. Longitude of central meridian: 147.3 deg. Apparent diameter is 24.72 arcsec. Altitude: +33°deg;24'16" (with refraction: +33°deg;25'45")

Image © 2003 by Taras R. Hnatyshyn

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