Planet Mars Plays "Peekaboo" with The Moon
During the early hours of December 8, 2022, the almost Full Moon occulted the planet Mars from the viewpoint of Earth.
Mary: "I imaged it with a William Optics 70mm refractor, Celestron 3x Barlow, ZWO ASI120MC camera. I used my portable Skywatcher AZGTi mount because I wasn't sure if I'd get the egress from my permanent pier as there are trees in that direction. Additionally I took some widefield photos with a Canon 1100D with 30mm zoom lens."
"I shot 2 or 3 thousand frame videos and had to two separate stacking processes on them, one for the Moon and one for Mars because they were moving so quickly relative to each other. I then processed the images in Lightroom and Fast Stone Image Viewer. I'm slightly astounded to have captured surface features on Mars with such a small refractor, but this amazing telescope often surprises me with how versatile it is! The Celestron 3x Barlow is excellent quality too, which really helped with this."
Credit: Mary McIntyre, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society (FRAS)
Mary's Flickr Page: https://www.flickr.com/photos/spicey_spiney/
Image Capture Date: December 8, 2022
Location: Oxfordshire, United Kingdom (UK)
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