Mars on 2/14/2010 at 00:43 PST - San Bruno CA
Orion Maksutov cassegrain 7"
Picture taken at focal plane at f/d 40 with 2.5x barlow
Meade microfuser and DMK B&W camera
About 2,000 frames where combined (R/G/B)
Telescope is mounted on a Pier equipped with an atlas mount
On the right - rendition of Mars from CalSky.com web site for same date / time.
Transparence: 3/6
Seeing 5/10 Alpo scale
More information on the set up on http://messier42.wordpress.com