Mars.

An average of 68 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 203.2mm f/6.3 classic Meade LX200 Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope with a JMI MotoFocus with DRO at 12:05 AM on August 22, 2003 in Ellenville, 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. Distance at 0.3746 au and closing. Longitude of central meridian: 81.9 deg. Apparent diameter is 24.98 arcsec. Altitude: +28°53'09" (with refraction: +28°54'56")

Image © 2003 by Taras R. Hnatyshyn

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