Mars nearing Opposition - 17-18 sep 2020
Mars, nearing 2020 opposition (Planet size: 21.3 arcseconds, altitude 57°). Taken in Golan Heights, Israel, 17-18.09.2020, ~01:00 (UTC+3). Seeing 8/10. Telescope: VX12 300mm f/4 Newtonian, AZ-EQ6 mount in Az mode, 3.5x siebert barlow, ZWO ADC, ASI290MC camera, stack of ~2000/8000 frames, processing in Autostakkert, Registax 6 (wavelets), AstraImage, Photoshop. Scale 150%.
Near IR (685+ nm) image:
