k.Dec 8, 2022
James Durbano  🇨🇦
Okay, so #Mars has now reappeared on the other side of the #Moon and the #occultation is now complete, as seen from here in #Calgary #Alberta #Canada. These are my best before and after photographs, captured by simply holding my #iPhone up to the eyepiece of a not-so-great 4” refractor telescope.
I wish I used the same optical zoom for each photograph. 🙁 🤦🏻‍♂️
Dec 8, 2022 at 4:17amWeb
Show threadJames Durbano  🇨🇦Dec 8, 2022
The original pre-occultation photograph that I posted has now been cropped square and rotated 180 degrees to better correspond to what you would have seen if you weren’t using a telescope. In case you didn’t know, telescopes usually invert the image. Anyway, crater “Tycho” is now in the bottom portion of each photograph, where it belongs. 😉