1st Mars Image

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Meng Lee
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By the way, these are the image details of the Mars

Scope: Skywatcher Mak 150
Barlow: Televue 3 x barlow
Collimation: Fractionally out of collimation examined at 225x
Camera: Skynyx 2-0M
Gain: typically 75% or higher
Filters: Astronomik RGB
Exposure: ROI 240x240 ~57fps
Stack size: typically 600 out of 800 frames per channel

Artifical G channel is 50% R and 50% B.
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