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Mars

Rust coloured Mars was named after the Roman god of war. The fourth planet from the sun. Mars has a diameter that is roughly half that of Earths it’s day is half an hour longer than an Earth day.

This picture of Mars was taken during its close approach last year. Now Mars is about a quarter of the size shown in this Image. This picture was taken at the Distant Suns Observatory, Inasa-cho, Shibukawa.

Date                     12^th October 2005 10.35 pm

Exposure Time              20 frames per second ? Total 1017 frames

F-stop                   f20

ISO                       N/A

Camera                 Philips ToUcam Pro video camera

Scope / Lens              Meade 250mm SCT

Method ? The ToUcam Video camera was connected to the Telescope prime focus.

The video was captured and then loaded into Registax for Video frame stacking and noise reduction. Final sharpening and colour balance was completed in ImagesPlus.