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MarsWatch 1996-1997

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8 February 1997

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Sequence of Mars images acquired between Feb 8 and 9 1997 using a D.30 cm F/24 Cassegrain telescope at direct focus and an ISIS CCD-800 camera (KAF-400 chip, 768x512 pixels, 14 bit A/D converter). Each monochrome image is the enhanced sum of several normalized original frames. The true color images are the result of the composition of many images in different lights.

Number of frames per image:

The enhancement was obtained by

  1. Image restoration using the Van Cittert algorithm
  2. Fourier filtering using the Butterworth low-pass filter
  3. Contrast enhancement using unsharp masking
  4. Image enlargement by 50% using biquadratic interpolation
  5. Histogram stretching for exposure matching

Exp.times:

Authors: A.Leo, G.Quarra, D.Sarocchi
San Gersole` Planetary Group - Florence (ITALY)
U.A.I. - Planetary Section, Mars Program


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