Dunfermline Astronomical Society

Finally managed to get out in the observatory last night. Had to use a hammer and break up the ice on the roof, 4.5 inches thick! what a racket that made.

Air turbulence was terrible due to all the houses around having the heating up full blast so Mars was dancing around on the screen took a chance and gathered 200 frames with the Mintron and a 2x barlow and a 25a Filter. I Stacked the avi in registax (must learn how to use this properly) and the result was not too bad at all. I managed to capture the  polar cap and some detail on surface. All in all I am happy with this my very first attempt at Mars and  I will publish the image a little later it was too damn cold to fiddle about with a memory stick at midnight and I was suffering from the cold by this time. The wife had made me a nice hot black coffee which I knocked over in the dark so no doubt the observatory will be smelling of coffee and I can't get clean it until Sunday Wahhh!

Geoff