Mars near opposition

This composite of Mars was made under superior seeing conditions (8 in the 10-point scale by Pickering) and mostly transparent skies (4 in a 5-point scale). North is up.

Celestron Celestar 8 (200-millimeter) Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope.
ZWO ASI224MC 1.2 MP Color CMOS Camera.
2x apochromatic Barlow lens.

8,000 frames processed with PIPP, AutoStakkert! and Registax 6.