Mars.

An average of 302 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 and a TeleVue 5x PowerMate at 1:39 AM on August 14, 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. Distance at 0.4028 au and increasing. Longitude of central meridian: 223.1 deg. Apparent diameter is 23.24 arcsec. Altitude: +29°48'25" (with refraction: +29°50'08")

Image © 2003 by Taras R. Hnatyshyn

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