Mars 2018-07-16 06:26 UTC

Description

Seeing was not bad, but not as good as July 14th, and transparency was extremely variable due to clouds coming through. While processing the Mars images from this night, our hard drive started slowing down and eventually started giving I/O errors, usually a sign that a drive has failed. Fortunately, restarting my computer fixed all the problems but I decided to back up the remaining 1 terabyte of unprocessed data to another drive to be safe.

Notes:

Syrtis Major is rising.
Dust clouds appear to be escaping from Hellas Basin.
The south polar cap is mostly obscured by dust.

Equipment

ZWO ASI290MM

Astro-Physics Advanced Convertible Barlow

Celestron EdgeHD 14

Logs

FireCapture v2.6  Settings
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Observer=Ethan Chappel
Location=Cibolo, TX, USA
Scope=Celstron C14 EdgeHD
Camera=ZWO ASI290MM
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Profile=Mars
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CM=263.9°  (during mid of capture)
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AutoExposure=off
FPS=100 (off)
HighSpeed=off
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USBTraffic=40 (off)
SoftwareGain=10 (off)
AutoHisto=75 (off)
Histogramm(min)=0
Histogramm(max)=103
Histogramm=40%
Noise(avg.deviation)=0.93
Limit=150 Seconds
Sensor temperature=33.1°C
Focuser position=1934
FireCapture v2.6  Settings
------------------------------------
Observer=Ethan Chappel
Location=Cibolo, TX, USA
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Camera=ZWO ASI290MM
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Profile=Mars
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Limit=150 Seconds
Sensor temperature=33.6°C
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FireCapture v2.6  Settings
------------------------------------
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Gamma=50 (off)
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AutoExposure=off
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HighSpeed=off
AutoGain=off
USBTraffic=40 (off)
SoftwareGain=10 (off)
AutoHisto=75 (off)
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Limit=150 Seconds
Sensor temperature=33.6°C
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FireCapture v2.6  Settings
------------------------------------
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SoftwareGain=10 (off)
AutoHisto=75 (off)
AutoExposure=off
Gamma=50
USBTraffic=40 (off)
FPS=100 (off)
Histogramm(min)=0
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Limit=150 Seconds
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FireCapture v2.6  Settings
------------------------------------
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------------------------------------
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