New Image: Mars from May 4

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Here's Mars, as seen through my Celestron C11, 2x barlow and ASI224MC. I used a ROI of 400x400, so that gives you an idea just how small the red planet is in the FOV.
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wow , the details are very nice , thx .
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Very very nice Dan!
The C11 is a fine instrument!
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Sweet !
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Superb image. Definitely worthy of the APOD.

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Very nice. Amazing detail for being so far past opposition.
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