WebCam Images of Mars

Mars

Mars imaged at 22.59UT on 4 September 2003. Toucam Pro webcam on 8"SCT at f20 using a 2x balow lens.

The seeing was very poor, the polar cap was hardly visible but some surface markings can be seen. A comparison simulated image is provided by www.calsky.com.

A 60 second video was captured comprising 299 1/50s exposures with 10% gain. 62 frames were selected and stacked using Registax.