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Mars Near Opposition
This map rotation is approximately 13 of Mars's 23.5 hrs rotation.
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Meade 10" Newtonian EQ. Starfinder series
5x Powermate
Copyright: John Cox
2018: The great opposition of Mars during a long and massive dust storm around this planet
Image Description and Details :
During summer 2018 the planet Mars was unfortunately covered by a long and massive dust storm. These images was taken since June 10 to September 29, 2018 through a 255mm F20 Maksutov Rumak telescope + IR Blocking filter + Zwo ASI 224MC CMOS camera and Barlow 2x.
Copyright Information: Francesco Badalotti