MARS

On 21 June  2001, Mars was closest to Earth since 1988 -

67 million km away with app. diameter of 20.8 arc seconds.

Apparent magnitude   -1.3    Phase: 94.9%

Imaged with Sony Digital Camcorder afocally on 10" Meade SCT at F 10.

Frames were captured via "Snappy" and stacked with "AstroStack".

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