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The Planets:
        created: 02-26-2019.         revised: 03-18-2022.

ZWO "ASI294MC Pro" color CMOS Peliter cooled astronomical camera
image captures using SharpCap with the "LiveStack" option


Object Type Constellation Date Optical Tube Mount Capture size Exposure Stack# Time Filter Guided
Full Moon Moon Virgo 03/17/2022 8" SCT @ f6.3 Fork Wedge 4144x2822 15 ms 1 15 ms L-Pro no
      
Color Space Binning Gain Brightness White Bal (B) White Bal (R) Temperature Dark Frame
RGB24 1 33 65 75 70 -10 no




Object Type Constellation Date Optical Tube Mount Capture size Exposure Stack# Time Filter Guided
Mars Planet Pisces 08/21/2020 14" SCT @ f10 fork wedge 320x240 28 ms 1000+ 30 sec IR no
       "Mars: @ 1:52am showing 89% gibbous phase, Central Meridan=24.5, Diameter=17.3 arcsec, bright South Polar Cap, haze visible over N P cap, Mare Erythraeum center disk"
processed using RegiStax
Color Space Binning Gain Brightness White Bal (B) White Bal (R) Temperature Dark Frame
RGB24 1 50 20 60 60 -10 No




Object Type Constellation Date Optical Tube Mount Capture size Exposure Stack# Time Filter Guided
Mars Planet Pisces 10/09/2020 8" LX200GPS SCT @ f10 using ASI120MC fork wedge 320x240 12 ms 4500+ 60 sec IR no
       "Mars: @ 12:02am Central Meridan=274.7, Diameter=22.5 arcsec, bright South Polar Cap, Syrtis Major on center disk protruding upward with the dark splotch of Syrtis Minor to its lower right, The Hellas region is directly below both, then the south polar cap. Sinus Sabaeus is the elongated area to the left of Syrtis Major, and Mare Tyrrhenum to the right of Syrtis Minor. "
processed using RegiStax
Color Space Binning Gain Brightness White Bal (B) White Bal (R) Temperature Dark Frame
RGB24 1 0 12 75 62 na No




Object Type Constellation Date Optical Tube Mount Capture size Exposure Stack# Time Filter Guided
Mars Planet Pisces 10/17/2020 8" LX200GPS SCT @ f10 using ASI120MC fork wedge 320x240 14 ms 3200+ 60 sec IR no
       "Mars: @ 02:16am Central Meridan=237, Diameter=22.1 arcsec, South Polar Cap, Syrtis Minor, Mare Tyrrhenum, Mare Cimmerium, Tritonis Sinus, Gomer Sinus, and the Elysium region"
processed using RegiStax
Color Space Binning Gain Brightness White Bal (B) White Bal (R) Temperature Dark Frame
RGB24 1 0 12 75 62 na No




Object Type Constellation Date Optical Tube Mount Capture size Exposure Stack# Time Filter Guided
Mars Planet Pisces 10/22/2020 8" LX200GPS SCT @ f10 using ASI120MC fork wedge 320x240 12 ms 2950+ 90 sec IR no
       "Mars: @ 10:27pm Central Meridan=143.6, Diameter=21.4 arcsec, South Polar Cap, the "Eye of Mars" - Solis Lacus, Olympus Mons, Tharsis region, and Vallis Marineris."
processed using RegiStax
Color Space Binning Gain Brightness White Bal (B) White Bal (R) Temperature Dark Frame
RGB24 1 0 12 75 62 na No




Object Type Constellation Date Optical Tube Mount Capture size Exposure Stack# Time Filter Guided
Mars Planet Pisces 11/04/2020 8" LX200GPS SCT @ f10 using ASI120MC fork wedge 320x240 12 ms 3100 90 sec IR no
       "Mars: @ 09:28pm Central Meridan=358.9, Diameter=19.33 arcsec, Meridiani Sinus and Sabaeus Sinus (center disk). Niciacus Lacus and Mare Acidalium (northern limb). Mare Erythraeum (left of center disk). The lighter region of Arabia along the upper right, and Hellas along the lower right limb, along with the South Pole".
processed using RegiStax
Color Space Binning Gain Brightness White Bal (B) White Bal (R) Temperature Dark Frame
RGB24 1 0 12 75 62 na No




Object Type Constellation Date Optical Tube Mount Capture size Exposure Stack# Time Filter Guided
Jupiter Planet Ophiuchus 06/28/2019 14" SCT @ f10 fork alt-az 1024x768 0.04861 sec 400+ 17 sec IR no
       "Moon Io to the right, Callisto to lower right"
processed using RegiStax
Color Space Binning Gain Brightness White Bal (B) White Bal (R) Temperature Dark Frame
RGB24 1 50 9 50 50 23.5 No




Object Type Constellation Date Optical Tube Mount Capture size Exposure Stack# Time Filter Guided
Jupiter Planet Ophiuchus 07/23/2019 8" SCT @ f10 fork wedge 640x480 0.1152 sec 400 16 sec IR no
       "Great Red Spot center disk, Moon Europa to the left, then Io"
processed using RegiStax
Color Space Binning Gain Brightness White Bal (B) White Bal (R) Temperature Dark Frame
RGB24 1 45 0 50 50 +27.1 no




Object Type Constellation Date Optical Tube Mount Capture size Exposure Stack# Time Filter Guided
Jupiter Planet Ophiuchus 08/03/2019 14" SCT @ f10 fork wedge 800x600 0.07344 sec 425 16 sec IR no
       "Moon Europa to the left, Io to the right"
processed using RegiStax
Color Space Binning Gain Brightness White Bal (B) White Bal (R) Temperature Dark Frame
RGB24 1 26 13 55 55 -14.1 No




Object Type Constellation Date Optical Tube Mount Capture size Exposure Stack# Time Filter Guided
Saturn Planet Sagittarius 07/01/2019 14" SCT @ f10 fork alt-az 800x600 0.4 sec 350+ 16 sec IR no
       "processed using RegiStax"
Color Space Binning Gain Brightness White Bal (B) White Bal (R) Temperature Dark Frame
RGB24 1 0 9 50 50 2.1 No




Object Type Constellation Date Optical Tube Mount Capture size Exposure Stack# Time Filter Guided
Saturn Planet Sagittarius 07/23/2019 8" SCT @ f10 fork wedge 640x480 0.21025 sec 400 16 sec IR no
       "processed using RegiStax"
Color Space Binning Gain Brightness White Bal (B) White Bal (R) Temperature Dark Frame
RGB24 1 100 10 72 71 +26.7 No




Object Type Constellation Date Optical Tube Mount Capture size Exposure Stack# Time Filter Guided
Saturn Planet Sagittarius 07/31/2019 14" SCT @ f10 fork wedge 640x480 0.25 sec 329 13 sec IR no
       "processed using RegiStax"
Color Space Binning Gain Brightness White Bal (B) White Bal (R) Temperature Dark Frame
RGB24 1 50 10 55 55 -15 No




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