Mars Spins as the Earth Laps It Around the Sun

I've been an astronomer all my life, and I love taking my 'scope out to observe the sky. I have a 20 cm Celestron C8 S-GT, which is small enough to use easily but big enough to catch nice views of planets and deep-sky objects. Damian Peach has a 'scope just a little bit bigger, a 35.6 cm Celestron C14. Still, while I dabble with holding my camera up to the eyepiece and taking snapshots, when he takes astrophotographs, what he creates are masterpieces. To wit: That is Mars, imaged by Peach betwee...