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Mars, Roman God of War

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Mars

Magnitude: bright

Object Size: 20 arc sec

Comment: approaching Opposition

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Date Taken: 2020-09-04

Camera ASI290C

Exposure: TBD

Telescope (Optics): 32 inch Newtonian

Focal Length (FL): 4000 (approx)

Field of View(FOV): TBD

Mount: Alt-az

Quick Notes: Larry Arbeiter's Monster Telescope

Location: Chiefland Astronomy Village, Florida

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Skies: super humid, super steady skies at 6 AM, twilight

Object Information:
Mars is approaching opposition in 1 month, getting larger every day

Other Notes
After observing all night we decided to try imaging - a great decision!
This is a Stack of 100 images, made from using the movie mode of the astro-camera.