By John Merriam | 2022-08-20
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![Community photo entitled by Cathy Adams on 08/21/2022 at St Stephen, New Brunswick , Canada](https://earthsky.org/upl/gravity_forms/6-d184048789a60d766a02a8e43117298b/2022/08/03_24_15_lapl5_ap10-reg_DxO.png)
On 08/21/2022 03:40 am by Cathy Adams| St Stephen, New Brunswick , Canada
This is my first attempt at capturing Mars. The skies were clear, but moisture was present in the air, which did create some atmospheric distortion. I was VERY pleased with the performance of the Celestron C5 spotting scope. and it was AWESOME to see Mars emerge from my capture.
Celestron C5 spotting scope, Sky watcher az-GTE mount, zwo224 planetary camera with UV/IR cut filter and 2x Barlow
Captured in Sharpcap, stacked in AutoStakkert, wavelets adjusted in Registax, followed by photoshop