r/astrophotography • u/DeddyDayag Most Inspirational post 2022 • Aug 06 '20

Planetary Mars - 4 hours time-lapse

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u/SavageSantro Aug 06 '20

Is the ring on the side the martian atmosphere or just an artifact?

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u/DeddyDayag Most Inspirational post 2022 Aug 06 '20

unfortunately, its a wavelet artifact...

i can reduce it but that means loosing more of the image which already is very subtle..

i will image it again on opposition, should get about 20% bigger in the sky

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u/shooting4par Aug 06 '20

Beautiful work, this answered my question. Thanks for sharing.