This year the opposition of Mars took place on 22/05/2016. At a distance of 0.5101 AU from Earth and with an apparent diameter of 18,4" it was brighter than Jupiter.
The following pictures were captured between 20/05/2016 and 24/06/2016 by Manuel Castillo and Abel de Burgos.
Manuel used a QHY5II monochromatic camera and RGB filters on his 8" f10 SC telescope with a barlow x3 lense. He took three videos of approximately 1000 frames (one for each filter).
Abel used a QHY5L-II monochromatic camera and a Baader IR pass filter on his 8" f10 SC telescope with a barlow x2 and his TS130 f7 apochromatic refractor telescope with a barlow x5 lense. He took several videos of approximately 20000-40000 frames each.
All videos were processed with Autostakkert and the final images were edited using Registax and Phososhop.
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| Mars - Celestron 8" + barlow x3 + RGB filters - 28/05/2016 2:30 UT - Manuel Castillo |
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| Mars - Celestron 8" + barlow x3 + RGB filters - 06/06/2016 0:30 UT - Manuel Castillo |
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Mars (real images on the left side and simulated images on the right) - TS130 + barlow x5 + no filters - Abel de Burgos
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Mars - Celestron 8" + barlow x2 + Baader IR-pass 680nm - 10/06/2016 0:00 UT - Abel de Burgos
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Mars - Celestron 8" + barlow x2 + Baader IR-pass 680nm - 23/06/2016 23:30 UT - Abel de Burgos
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Abel also took some pictures of Saturn:
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| Saturn in false colour - TS130 + barlow x5 + no filters - 27/05/2016 0:30 UT - Abel de Burgos |
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| Saturn in false colour - Celestron 8" + barlow x2 + Baader IR-pass 680nm - 10/06/2016 0:00 UT - Abel de Burgos |
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