Mars Image 2017/02/18(UT)
Stanislas Maksmowicz,Martin R Lewis
S.Maksmowicz,Martin.L
| Stanislas Maksymowicz (280mm,230mm cassegrain or 200mm VMC or 150mm refracter) |
Mars of 18th performed with the 127mm refractor,[Stanislas Maksymowicz Ecquevilly,France]
| Martin R Lewis (444mm Newton) |
Another lucky break in the generally cloudy weather on a Saturday afternoon again allowed an early set-up and imaging of a huge Venus and a tiny Mars around sunset with reasonable seeing conditions prevailing. I must say that having Venus close to Mars makes hunting it down in a bright sky a realistic possible for my non GoTo Dobsonian- without Venus's beacon-like presence close by finding Mars around sunset would not be a practical proposition.[Martin R Lewis: Hertfordshire United Kingdom]
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