Mars is almost at its opposition point for this extremely good Aries opposition. It has reached a diameter of slightly over 20" arcseconds and stayed there for about a week, affording telescopic viewers a good opportunity to inspect the planet for surface features and atmospheric phenomena. This shot was probably taken with my 50 mm lens, piggybacked on my C8 to track for a few minutes. |
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