Mars January 2010
Mars January 2010
Originally uploaded by catofsteelYes, it's a small fuzzy orange blob, but I didn't think I'd even see that!
Using the (very useful) Sky At Night Magazine's field-of-view calculator ( http://www.skyatnightmagazine.co.uk/interactiveIndex.asp# ) I thought I'd just see a dot rather than a disc, so this was a pleasant surprise.
This shot was ISO 400 & 1/80s. Long enough to make it quite bright, without making it streaky. The 1/50s version *was* streaky, though it may just have been a telescope shudder.