Photos of Mars

Both pictures are taken with the same equipment and are in the same scale. The opposition in 2005 was very close.

Mars opposition 2005

Picture of Mars 16 October 2005, 21:56UT

Distance from earth was 69.42 million km and the apparent diameter was 20.19" at closest encounter on the 30th October.

Location: Bergen, Norway
Camera: Philips ToUcam Pro II CCD webcamera.
Telescope: Vixen R200SS with TV Powermate 5, Primary focus.
Image of captured and stacked with K3CCDTools. 175 of 600 frames used.
Final processing in Photoshop CS.

Mars opposition 2007

Picture of Mars 17 December 2007, 21:01UT

Distance from earth was 88.42 million km and the apparent diameter was 15.88" at closest encounter on the 18th December.

Location: Bergen, Norway
Camera: Philips ToUcam Pro II CCD webcamera.
Telescope: Vixen R200SS with TV Powermate 5, Primary focus.
Image of captured with K3CCDTools and stacked with Registax, 600 of 1200 frames used.
Final processing in Photoshop CS3.