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Written by Christian Fröschlin on 2025-02-02 at 20:46

Time lapse of last night's #Mars covering six(!) hours of real time. 67 x 6000 x 15 ms Ha 35 nm in Celestron 8" + 2.5x powermate. #astrophotography

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Written by Jesus Margar on 2025-02-02 at 20:48

@chrfrde why does it look as if it wasn't turning around an axis?

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Written by Jesus Margar on 2025-02-02 at 20:49

@chrfrde also, is this the Celestron 8SE?

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Written by Christian Fröschlin on 2025-02-02 at 20:53

@jesusmargar CPC 800 XLT

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Written by Jesus Margar on 2025-02-02 at 20:57

@chrfrde thank you!

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Written by Christian Fröschlin on 2025-02-02 at 20:52

@jesusmargar Mars is turning around its axis but at the same time the entire view is also rotating because I observe from Earth which is also rotating (and the telescope is Alt-Az mounted).

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Written by Jesus Margar on 2025-02-02 at 20:54

@chrfrde ahhh makes sense.

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