You think you need an Arc???? Try us down here around Houston, TX - some
places got as much as 30 inches in 1 1/2 days here 1 1/2 weeks ago.Lotsa
moisture still in our atmosphere, believe me.


----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 10:28 PM
Subject: RE: [M]: Re: Mars too bright


> I managed to get a decent look at Mars on 6/15/01. Still, the sky was not
> that steady. It has been so rainy and cloudy here (40 miles west of
> Chicago), I almost sold my scope to build an Arc. I used my modified
> Connectix Color Quickcam and 8" LX200 to capture a couple images. They're
> not too bad for a cheap homemade cam. They can be seen at:
>
> www.thedavidfamily.com/Astro .
>
> I can't wait till my Starlight Express MX7-C gets here.
>
> Doug David
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Bill Arnett
> Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2001 2:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [M]: Re: Mars too bright
>
>
>
> On Sunday, June 17, 2001, at 08:13 AM, JPKam wrote:
>
> > ...Anyone had better luck viewing Mars???????
>
> Yes! I've been having wonderful views of it for the last few weeks. I
> even managed a decent photo with my Canon D30:
> http://nineplanets.org/astro/mars617.jpg
> (back up to http://nineplanets.org/astro/x.html for more images and
> exposure details).
>
> I don't understand the complaints about Mars being too bright: what
> magnification are those of you using who are having this trouble? Mars
> needs at least 200x and generally more is better until you run out of
> resolution or (more likely) seeing. At that 200x, it's bright but not
> uncomfortably so.
>
> --
> Bill Arnett
> http://nineplanets.org/ 37 27 38 N 122 16 11 W
>
>
>

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