Mars getting smaller, a few weeks after its opposition.
Mars, 26/10/2020
Another attempt at Mars, as it's getting far away from us, and visibly smaller.
Images taken with my SkyMax 180 and ASI178MM with RGB filters.
Images taken with my SkyMax 180 and ASI178MM with RGB filters.
A couple of close up of the Moon, around the craters Copernicus and Plato.
Moon, Copernicus Crater area
Moon, Copernicus crater, one of the most prominent of our satellite.
Nearby is also visible the crater Eratosthenes.
Shot with my SkyMax 180, ASI 178MM
Nearby is also visible the crater Eratosthenes.
Shot with my SkyMax 180, ASI 178MM
Moon, Plato crater area
Moon, the area around Plato crater (the biggest in this image, with an "ear" to its right).
Above it, slightly to the left, there's Cassini, a medium sized crater with two smaller craters inside (Cassini A and B).
Separating the two, the Montes Alpes, with the Vallis Alpes within, then Mont Blanc.
To the far left, another two big craters, Aristotelest (the biggest) and Eudoxus.
To the top/right, the vast plain of Mare Imbrium.
Above it, slightly to the left, there's Cassini, a medium sized crater with two smaller craters inside (Cassini A and B).
Separating the two, the Montes Alpes, with the Vallis Alpes within, then Mont Blanc.
To the far left, another two big craters, Aristotelest (the biggest) and Eudoxus.
To the top/right, the vast plain of Mare Imbrium.
The Red Planets a few days before its 2020 opposition, one of the closest in years.
Mars, RGB + IR, 10/10/2020
The target of the month, in two versions: a RGB combination (left), and with an IR-pass filter (right).