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MARS


Mars three weks after 2010 opposition: 300D, LX-90

 


Mars at 2010 opposition & the over-exposed Full Moon: 300D, 130mm, 1/5 sec, f8, ISO 200
Mars (lower left) is just 14.1 arc-seconds in apparent diameter. The Moon is 142 times larger at 33.5 arc minutes

 


Mars at 2010 opposition & the dramatically over-exposed Full Moon: 300D, 100mm, 2.5 sec, f5.6, ISO 400

 


Mars at 2010 opposition: 300D, 2x Barlow, LX-90, 1/8 sec, ISO 100

Mars eleven days before 2010 Opposition: 300D, LX-90, 1/100 sec, ISO 200

 

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