By Sudhir Sharma | 2026-08-24
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Mars and Saturn
On 08/25/2026 05:22 am by Steven Bellavia | Website | Smithfield, VA
Mars and Saturn at identical image scales, both from the morning of August 25, around 5 AM.
The apparent size of Mars is small right now and will not appear larger until 2029, with a very large Mars, due to a close approach, (35 million miles) in September 2035
Explore Scientific 152mm Maksutov-Cassegrain
ZWO ASI 662MC camera
SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro equatorial mount
Used Autostakkert to select the best 10% of 24,000 frames
Lucien AstroSurface and WaveSharp 3 for wavelet deconvolution and de-noising
Canon Digital Photo Professional for hue, saturation and tonal contrast
