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Located near the hamlet of Yarker, Township of Stone Mills, province of Ontario, Canada
For determination of Mars surface features: https://skyandtelescope.org/wp-content/plugins/observing-tools/mars_profiler/mars.html

Date Page Last Generated / Number of sessions / Number of Images: Sat 11 Jan 2025 03:40:56 PM EST 6 6
2018-09-30_010024_ASI290MC_Exposure=8ms_pipp_lapl4_ap22reg10p.png.jpg 2018-09-27_014903_ASI290MC_Exposure=9ms_pipp_lapl4_ap17reg10p.png.jpg 2016-07-31_011538_Exposure=40png-annotated.png.jpg 2016-06-24_012849_Exposure=14png-annotated.png.jpg 2016-01-20_110447-mars_castr_g3_ap4registax.png.jpg 20150125c_2879.jpg



2018-09-30_010024_ASI290MC_Exposure=8ms_pipp_lapl4_ap22reg10p.png.jpg



2018-09-27_014903_ASI290MC_Exposure=9ms_pipp_lapl4_ap17reg10p.png.jpg



2016-07-31_011538_Exposure=40png-annotated.png.jpg



2016-06-24_012849_Exposure=14png-annotated.png.jpg



2016-01-20_110447-mars_castr_g3_ap4registax.png.jpg



20150125c_2879.jpg


10cm Meade SC FL=1000mm - RA tracking only
20cm Skywatcher Dobsonian FL=1200mm - alt-az drift scan
20cm Meade LX200 FL=2000mm alt az tracking
102mm Meade SC FL=1000mm - Meade LXD55 tracking
20cm Vixen VC200L FL=1800mm Skywatcher AZ-EQ6GT tracking

Cameras used:

  • The ZWO ASI290MC camera (2018 December) Sensor: 1/2.8" CMOS IMX291 12bit output (12bit ADC) Resolution: 2.1 Mega Pixels 1936x1096 Pixel Size: 2.9 um Exposure Range: 32us-2000s
  • The ZWO ASI20MC camera (2014 September) Sensor: 1/3" CMOS AR0130CS(Color) Resolution: 1.2Mega Pixels 1280x960 Pixel Size: 3.75 um Exposure Range: 64us-1000s