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CCD: | WebCam Philips ToU Cam pro |
Image Type, Orientation: | For the moons: Composite of three video sequences taken every 10 minutes. The inset of Mars is the same as the last picture of the Mars sequence. North is down. |
Exposure time: | For the moons: 500 video frames stacked every 10 minutes, averaged with GIOTTO . For the inset: see here! |
Exposure date: | For the moons: August, 31st 2003, 19.20-19.43UT. For the inset: see here! |
Location: | Capella Observatory at Amani Lodge, Kupferberg near Windhoek, Namibia |
Filter: | wide band red filter |
Instrument: | Ganymed 60cm-Hypergraph in secondary focus, f=4800 mm |
Seeing (FWHM): | about 2" |
Photographer: | Stefan Binnewies, Dietmar Böcker |
Remarks: | With a 24" telescope even a WebCam can be used to get the moons of Mars! The white ring around the Mars inset is an overexposure effect when imaging the moons. |
Bemerkungen: | Mit einem 60cm-Teleskop reicht sogar eine WebCam, um die Marsmonde abzubilden! Der weiße Ring um das Inset ist auf Überbelichtungseffekte bei den Mondaufnahmen zurückzuführen. |
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