As Mars nears opposition in August, a few frames taken now will still show considerable detail for those lucky enough to have good seeing and clear skies. At 15 arcseconds, it is about half the size it will be in August. The LEFT image is the best series of frames taken over several hours on a night of the best seeing we get, mediocre. Right is the same image after processing using wavelet deconvolution.

Instrument:  12.5" f/5 Home made Newtonian with 5x Powermate Barlow
Platform:  Astrophysics 1200 QMD
CCD Camera:  Vesta Cam Pro
Exposure:  1/100 s
Filters:  None
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing FWHM = Average, Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature:  5 C
Processing Tools:  Photoshop, Registax

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