MARS map rotation time lapse (2018)

The data was shot on 5 different nights using my 10“ newtonian eq. and asi120mc couplwd with 5X powermate. The idea is to initially create a flattened map of the planet from this combined data. This can be done in a function in Win Jupos called “Ephemerides“. It places the images on a grid according to their proper meridian based on their time stamp. They can then be combined and feathered when opened as layers in Photoshop, Gimp, etc. When finished, this flattened map can be loaded into Ephemerides (WJ), replacing the default map. Here it is rendered back into a virtual, 3D sphere and can be coupled with nasa“s moon data to become the center piece of an extraordinary simulation.