Mars

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What planet has captured the public's imagination more than Mars? Potential life (aliens of greenish colors?), rovers and wrecks, even past wetlands are all subjects of conversation concerning Mars. This image shows some features of our nearby neighbor. Mars is a little more than 1/2 the size of the Earth (and twice that of the our Moon).

Equipment

Meade 16in LX200 telescope operating at f/20
SBIG ST8E CCD camera with color filter wheel

R G B color production was used to create this image.

Red = .11 seconds binned 1x1
 Green = .11 seconds binned 1x1
 Blue = .2 seconds binned 1x1

  • Unsharp mask was applied to the final color image.

    • Minimum credit line: Martin and Gerda van der Voort/Adam Block/NOAO/AURA/NSF

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    Updated: 8/20/2000