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RASC - St. John's Centre |
| Images of Mars taken from St, John's, Newfoundland. Photographed by Tim Caruk December 22, 2007 to January 11, 2008 |
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This shot of Mars was taken from St. John's on Dec 22, 2007 by Tim Caruk. Mars came closest to Earth in late Dec 2007. The diameter of the planet currently appears quite small at about 15 arc seconds in diameter and must be observed at 300 to 400 times with a telescope. The images were made with an 8 inch Celestron and a 4X barlow connected with a Neximager. About 300 video frames were combined with Registax to average out atmospheric turbulance. The polar caps as well as thin clouds can be seen along with major surface markings. |
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This shot of Mars was taken from St. John's on January 2, 2008 by Tim Caruk. | |
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This shot of Mars was taken from St. John's on Jnauary 5, 2008 by Tim Caruk. |
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This shot of Mars was taken from St. John's on January 11, 2008 by Tim Caruk. |