Mars
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Mars at the height of it's viewing.
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The area within the red rectangle was a very large sand storm that had started several days before this image was taken. It was later reported that this sand storm was 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) wide.
Date Imaged: 10.29.2005
Time: 03:14 -5:00 GMT
Location: West Lafayette, Indiana
Telescope: Meade 10" LX200GPS
f ratio: 30 (3x Barlow)
Camera: Meade Lunar Planetary Imager (LPI)
Number of Images: 212
Integration Times: .250 seconds
Aquisition Software used: Meade's LPI Imager Software
Aquisition Mode Used: Single Image
Software used to Process: Registax followed by PhotoShop
Additional Information: SEDS Messier Database