Solar＆Planetary LtE Now for CMO/ISMO #24 (CMO #398)
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¤·····Subject: Mars images (
Received;
Hi all,
Good seeing just after sundown for these. Syrtis Major nicely presented with bright clouds in Isidis. Some delicate clouds extending out of Chryse nicely seen in the B filter image.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120506/DPc06May12.jpg
http://www.damianpeach.com/mars1112/2012_05_06rgb.jpg
Best Wishes
Damian PEACH (Selsey, WS, the
¤·····Subject: Mars, 16 and 17 May
Received;
Dear
all,
Two images of the favourite planet, one of which from Martin Höberg. Nothing out of the ordinary to
write home about.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120516/MHg16May12.jpg
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120517/JWr17May12.jpg
All
the best,
Johan WARELL (
¤·····Subject: Saturn
2012 May 13
Received;
Here's
my Saturn from May 13. Seeing was poor here. At this time JUPOS shows Mimas in transit
across the S preceding part of the disk, but resolution is far too low to
show that.
David ARDITTI (Edgware, Middlesex, the
¤·····Subject: A few solar disks from
May
Received;
Here are some Solar disks from May with the usual setup
May 6
http://www.astrosurf.com/pcasquinha/sun120506.jpg
http://www.astrosurf.com/pcasquinha/sun120506_c.jpg
May 8
http://www.astrosurf.com/pcasquinha/sun120508.jpg
http://www.astrosurf.com/pcasquinha/sun120508_c.jpg
May 14
http://www.astrosurf.com/pcasquinha/sun120514.jpg
http://www.astrosurf.com/pcasquinha/sun120514_c.jpg
My best regards
Paulo CASQUINHA
(
¤·····Subject: Mars
images (
Received;
Hi
all,
Here are some images from May 1st showing the Chryse
hemisphere of the planet.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120501/DPc01May12.jpg
http://www.damianpeach.com/mars1112/2012_05_01rgb.jpg
Best Wishes
Damian PEACH (Selsey, WS, the
¤·····Subject: Mars
image AK19May12
Received;
Dear Mr.Minami
I attach Mars image on
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120519/Ak19May12.jpg
Best Wishes
Tomio AKUTSU (
¤·····Subject: Mars -
May 12th, 00:41ut
Received;
Hi Mr. Murakami, Here is
my latest session from May 12th, under average conditions, Clear Skies.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120512/EMr12May12.jpg
Efrain
MORALES RIVERA
(
¤·····Subject: Saturn
Received;
Hello!
The seeing was not good but there was just enough calm to give
imaging a go. Temperature was very pleasant 64 degrees F. Bugs were a minor
nuisance. Here id an image of Saturn with my TMB 10" F/9 @ F/36 using a skynyx color camera.
best,
Jim PHILLIPS (
¤·····Subject: Re: I am sorry
Received;
Dear Masatsugu,
Thank you for your kind message - I learned about your health problem, and was
not expecting to bother you about my visit in
Regards,
Nicolas BIVER (
¤·····Subject: Re: CMO/ISMO updated
Received;
Dear all, and especially our
Japanese friends.
Although I did not stop making drawings of Mars, including for this opposition,
I am getting more and more overwhelmed by my (astronomical, too) job, plus
trips at distance places to view Venus transit or eclipses...
And I did not find time to say that I am right now in Japan, and until the 25th
of May. I have been in
I will travel to
I am very sorry that Dr Minami can no longer send us the printed version of the
CMO/ISMO and I am very thankful for what he did for a long time, and I always
appreciated receiving it in my mailbox - although I did not take enough time to
send my contributions.
Sincerely,
Nicolas BIVER (
¤·····Subject: RE: Solar
Images
Received;
I
agree regarding Dave being the recipient of the BAA Merlin award!
Well-done and well-deserved!!
best,
------------------------
>Date: Thu,
>From: bhalls@ntlworld.com
>Subject: Re: Solar Images
>Dave,
>Congratulations on the BAA Merlin Award - well deserved.
>Brian
------------------------
Jim
PHILLIPS (Charleston, SC)
¤·····Subject: Solar
Images
Received;
Hi Guys there was a beautiful tall elegant prominence on the sun yesterday, as well as a large feathery arch. Ar 11479 was, as they say , crackling with flares.
http://www.david-tyler.com/image-gallery/?wppa-album=28&wppa-slide&wppa-occur=1
Above hyperlink to updated May slideshow.
Images
Best wishes
www.david-tyler.com
Ham call G4PIE
Dave
TYLER (Bucks, the
¤·····Subject: Mars
drawing
Received;
Dear Dr. Minami, Attached here
is my latest drawing
of Mars. I returned the size of my sketching circle
to 30mm across as the red planet's apparent size
dropped below 10 arcseconds.
Good Seeing/Health!
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120514/Kn14May12.jpg
Reiichi KONNAÏ (
¤·····Subject: MARS -
Received;
Hi
Gentlemen,
My Mars images from
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120511/FWl11May12.jpg
Freddy WILLEMS (
¤·····Subject: MARS -
Received;
Hi
Gentlemen,
My Mars images from
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120508/FWl08May12.jpg
Freddy WILLEMS (
¤·····Subject: link
failure
Received;
Hi Guys try pasting into your browser if the link is not "live" I have had one google chrome success story back and one failure .
http://www.david-tyler.com/image-gallery/?wppa-album=28&wppa-slide&wppa-occur=1
Best wishes
www.david-tyler.com
Ham call G4PIE
Dave
TYLER (Bucks, the
¤·····Subject: solar images up to 13may 2012
Received; 16 May 2012
at 02:30 JST
Hi Guy I have a new web site type.
As you know I normally add the image files to the e- mail , but this time I have just included a link to the May album slide-show , so you have one click armchair viewing.
http://www.david-tyler.com/image-gallery/?wppa-album=28&wppa-slide&wppa-occur=1
If you are feeling energetic , you can do a couple of CRTL + clicks to enlarge the page view, or, if you want a longer more detailed look at a particular image, just stop the slide-show on the image and click it again for the original full size view.
If this all works as I hope please let me know, or indeed if it does not !.
Best wishes
www.david-tyler.com
Ham call G4PIE
Dave
TYLER (Bucks, the
¤·····Subject: Mars
Received; 15 May 2012
at 19:47 JST
Hi guys we had an evening of good seeing for a change, not excellent, but very welcome. Image is enlarged 240%.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120513/DTy13May12.jpg
Best wishes
www.david-tyler.com
Ham call G4PIE
Dave
TYLER (Bucks, the
¤·····Subject: RE:
Congratulations!
Received; 15 May 2012
at 09:44 JST
Dear Masatsugu,
Good to hear from you and thanks for your comments about the strange mushroom on Mars video I managed to capture. I remember thinking that night that is would just be another night of imaging Mars as it quickly receded from us during the final portion of this apparition. It just goes to show you how many surprises Mars still has in store for us!
I'm still hoping to get in a few more imaging session before Mars gets below the trees in my backyard. The forecast is for clear skies later this week so maybe I will have some more images to contribute to the gallery by this weekend.
I wish you the best and I hope you are doing better. Thanks again for your kind comments.
Sincerely,
Bill FLANAGAN (Houston, TX)
¤·····Subject: Mars, 6
and 13 May
Received; 15 May 2012
at 02:31 JST
Dear
colleagues,
Mars insists on getting smaller and making life more difficult for us...
Here are two snapshots from May 6 and 13 and you can see clearly the decreased
disk diameter between the two dates. May 6 brought me Syrtis
on the evening side with a blue cloud and an NPC with cloud patch on its
morning side. May 13 brought me just the opposite in terms of disk positions,
plus an Elysium orographic (?) cloud. In both cases,
Hellas was bright cloud-filled.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120513/JWr13May12.jpg
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120506/JWr06May12.jpg
Mars
can now be seen well only in bright dusk at altitudes less than 40 degrees.
Best regards,
Johan WARELL (
¤·····Subject:
Mars&venus.12.may Saturn.9.may
Received; 14 May 2012
at 06:43 JST
Hi Guys
With poor seeing & variable conditon I took 3 images from planets- Moons. PLS see you them.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120512/SGh12May12.jpg
Comment welcome.
Cheers
Sadegh GHOMIZADEH (Tehran, IRAN)
¤·····Subject: MARS -
May 06, 2012 - Poor seeing conditions
Received; 14 May 2012
at 05:11 JST
Hi Gentlemen, My Mars recordings from May 06, 2012.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120506/FWl06May12.jpg
Poor seeing and windy at the time of recording.
Freddy WILLEMS (
¤·····Subject: Mars: May
12, 2012
Received; 14 May 2012
at 01:30 JST
Hi -
I have attached my latest image of Mars May 12, 2012 at 3:25 UT.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120512/FMl12May12.jpg
Thanks,
Frank J MELILLO (Holtsville,
NY)
¤·····Subject: Venus
2012 May 11
Received; 13 May 2012
at 06:14 JST
Last night I observed Venus visually and via CCD in a dark blue sky (it's now too close to the Sun to be observed against a black sky at reasonable altitude), looking for any illumination of the dark side, but saw none. With CCD I tried with every colour filter and none, monitoring the overexposed image for any sign of the Ashen Light. Here is the IR 742nm image. Seeing was poor.
Also
at:
http://www.davidarditti.co.uk/astro/images/venus/12/ven2012-05-11-DLA.jpg
David ARDITTI (Edgware, Middlesex, the UK)
¤·····Subject: Mars -
May 04, 2012
Received; 13 May 2012
at 05:12 JST
Hi
Gentlemen,
My set of May 04, 2012 in very poor seeing and windy conditions for now.
Seems to continue this weather for now.
Only Red and IR742 taken.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120504/FWl04May12.jpg
Freddy WILLEMS (
¤·····Subject: May 02,
2012 - Poor seeing
Received; 13 May 2012
at 05:08 JST
Hi
Gentlemen,
My set of May 02, 2012 in very poor seeing and windy conditions for now.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120502/FWl02May12.jpg
Freddy WILLEMS (
¤·····Subject: Mars -
April 29, 2012
Received; 13 May 2012
at 05:04 JST
Hi
gentlemen,
My set of
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120429/FWl29Apr12.jpg
Freddy WILLEMS (
¤·····Subject: Mars 11-May-2012
Received; 13 May 2012 at 03:13 JST
Hi Guys a welcome clearing and fair seeing allowed a reasonable Mars Image, taken in quite a light sky.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120511/DTy11May12.jpg
Best wishes
www.david-tyler.com
Ham call G4PIE
Dave TYLER (Bucks, the
¤·····Subject: Saturn
2012 May 11
Received; 13 May 2012 at 02:21 JST
Seeing was poor, but at least
some interesting colours have come out.
I have started to pre-process using PIPP as recommended by Martin Lewis, and it is time-efficient once you have set it up.
Image also at:
http://www.davidarditti.co.uk/astro/images/saturn/12/sat2012-05-11-DLA.jpg
David ARDITTI (Edgware, Middlesex, the UK)
¤·····Subject: Sad news
from chile
Received; 12 May 2012
at 22:49 JST
Chile charges suspect with Japanese astronomer murder
Mr
Morita was as astronomer of global renown
A Chilean man has been charged with the murder of Japanese astronomer Koichiro Morita in Santiago earlier this week.
Prof Morita, 57, was part of an international team involved in building the
Alma radio telescope facility in northern Chile.
He was found collapsed outside his apartment in Santiago last Monday and died
hours later in hospital.
Christopher Quijada, 25, is accused of killing him
during a street robbery in the early hours of the morning.
Initially it was thought Prof Morita died as a result of an accidental fall,
but an autopsy found he was struck on the head with a heavy object.
The authorities say Mr Quijada has confessed to
tripping him over as he tried to escape being robbed, causing him to hit his
head on the pavement, but denies murder.
The suspect will be held in custody while the investigation continues.
If convicted of robbery and homicide he faces a minimum of 10 years in jail.
Koichiro Morita was a leading figure in creating the
Alma Observatory in the Atacama desert in northern
Chile.
The Observatory said it was "saddened and deeply shocked" at the news
of his death.
"He was one of the proponents of Alma as a global collaboration, bringing
together people from all over the world to make what was just a vague concept
into a reality," observatory director Thijs de Graauw said.
The giant radio telescope will enable scientists to gaze deeper into space than
ever before and may shed light on the formation of our universe more than 13
billion years ago.
Bill
SHEEHAN
(
¤·····Subject: Saturn 11 May
Received; 12 May 2012 at 08:22 JST
Hi All,
I have attached an RGB Saturn image from
11 May. The NTB dark spot and the NNTB bright spot are still visible, although
not as prominent due to the mediocre seeing. Again several light spots are seen
along the northern border of the NTBn.
Best,
Don PARKER (
¤·····Subject:
Solar Image 11-May-2012
Received; 12 May 2012 at 04:12 JST
Hi Guys there was a flare in progress in AR 11475, as I glimpsed the sun through cloud breaks this morning. A couple of high speed blue patches later and I had captured what I saw.
Best wishes
www.david-tyler.com
Ham call G4PIE
Dave
TYLER (Bucks, the
¤·····Subject: White
Light sketch sequence AR 1476 May 11th 2012
Received; 12 May 2012
at 02:55 JST
Dobsonian mounted reflector no drive
200 mm /FL 1.200mm/
Eyepiece 14mm Tele Vue Radian = Mag 85X
Baadar Astro Solar White Light Filter
Seeing varied between the
first sketch at 08:20UT Wilson Scale 2, second sketch 10:45 UT Wilson Scale 3, third
sketch 13:41 UT Wilson Scale 2.5 and the last sketch 16:10 UT Wilson Scale 2.5 ・3.5
All sketches were done in between rain and hailstone showers, very windy most of the time. HB Pencil and 6 B Pencils
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¤·····Subject: mars 9
may.
Received; 11 May 2012
at 23:45 JST
Hi
Poor seeing & bad condition.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120509/SGh09May12.jpg
Best Wishes,
Sadegh GHOMIZADEH (Tehran, IRAN)
¤·····Subject: Saturn 7
May
Received; 11 May 2012
at 06:18 JST
Hi
All,
I have attached a RGB Saturn image from
7 May. It is the product of five de-rotated images taken over 21 minutes. Many
thanks to Chris Go for showing me how to do this as well as sharing some of his
image processing tricks with me!
Note the very dark small spot on the NTB
near the P limb: ~291 degrees (III), + 44.5 degrees.
Also
there is a small white spot on the NNTB: ~323 degrees (III), +55 degrees.
Numerous light spots are seen along the northern border of the NTBn.
Best,
Don PARKER (
¤·····Subject: Mars 6 May 2012, by Martin Högberg
Received; 9 May 2012 at
17:12 JST
Dear all,
I am happy to send you the first
Mars image by _another_ Swedish planetary imager, Martin Högberg!
I think we will see more of his good work.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120506/MHg06May12.jpg
All the best,
Johan WARELL (
¤·····Subject: mars.7.may
Received; 9 May 2012 at 13:20 JST
Hi
Very poor seeing & condition.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120507/SGh07May12.jpg
Best
Wishes,
Sadegh GHOMIZADEH (Tehran, IRAN)
¤·····Subject: Re:
Drawings of Mars
Received; 9 May 2012 at
08:03 JST
Dear Reiichi,
No it's my turn to apologize because I have forgotten to answer to this mail !
Thanks for the delicate drawings. I did notice as well the change of brightness
as Hellas proceeds to the limb, but so far I have no answer to give, and I have
just not started to study the case (I'm currently working on the Tharsis morning clouds).
As to know if the ground of Hellas is frosted or cloudy, it will be as well
hard to answer, just first because both clouds and frost are certainly present.
I don't feel that multispectral analisis
would help much here ; I'd rather try to consider for example :
- the albedo of the white area. Clouds are bright,
but frost may not be bright, as the angle of sunlit is low. Here we may make a
parallel with the aspect of the NPC before vernal equinox Ls 0°(like in 2007),
where the cap was dull but the last NPH clouds brighter.
- Inside Hellas there is a higher plateau that looks to frost later, or to be
less cloudy ; do we see it or not ? (See DPc on 1st april : it is visible). But by the way, we may encounter
the case that the basin can be partially frosted, not fully)
- Can we look for indirect clues ? I'm thinking about the "escaping
cloud" at the west of the basin. This cloud could be stronger, or even
only visible when, the basin starts to frost. It seems to born because a
dominant wind carries cold from Hellas. At high HST or probe resolution, small
craters under this cloud are covered by frost as well.
Just a few thoughts !
Best wishes,
Christophe PELLIER (
¤·····Subject: White light Sun - May 8th 2012
Received; 9 May 2012 at
04:34 JST
Hi all,
Some late afternoon Sun gave me opportunity to view AR1476 through a variety of
filters. Here are two images taken though a Baader Astrosolar Film filter using a 4-inch refractor. The main
spot in AR1476 is now visible to the unaided eye through a safety filter
.
Best regards,
Pete LAWRENCE
(Selsey, WS, the
http://www.digitalsky.org.uk
¤·····Subject: Mars
images (April 21st, 2012.)
Received; 9 May 2012 at
03:54 JST
Hi all
Some very good seeing on the 21st. Extensive clouds across the planet with a B
filter image included. Olympus Mons is very dark and
prominent. Arsia Mons looks
strange - almost like a dark teardrop. Chasma Borealis prominent in the NPC.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120421/DPc21Apr12.jpg
http://www.damianpeach.com/mars1112/2012_04_21rgb.jpg
Best Wishes
Damian PEACH (Selsey, WS, the
¤·····Subject: Mars: May
7, 2012
Received; 8 May 2012 at
13:20 JST
Hi -
I have attached
my latest images of Mars May 7, 2012 to be posted.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120507/FMl07May12.jpg
Thanks,
Frank J MELILLO (Holtsville,
NY)
¤·····Subject: Mars 7
May
Received; 8 May 2012 at
04:16 JST
Hi All,
I have attached an RGB Mars image from 7 May.
Numerous clouds are present. The NPC is tiny with Ierne
visible just to the right of the cap.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120507/DPk07May12.jpg
Best,
Don PARKER (
¤·····Subject: Mars, 2,
3 and 5 May
Received; 7 May 2012 at
23:33 JST
Dear friends,
Three more images from early May in brightening twilight. As the disk is getting
smaller, unfortunately so seem the image artefacts on the bright limb. Cloud-filled
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120502/JWr02May12.jpg
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120503/JWr03May12.jpg
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120505/JWr05May12.jpg
All
the best,
Johan WARELL (
¤·····Subject: Mars
images (April 14th, 2012.)
Received; 7 May 2012 at
22:26 JST
Hi all,
Here are some images from the 14th. Brilliant Tharsis
orographics toward the limb. Delicate clouds across
the disk again similar to the day before.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120414/DPc14Apr12.jpg
http://www.damianpeach.com/mars1112/2012_04_14rgb.jpg
Best Wishes
Damian PEACH (Selsey, WS, the
¤·····Subject: Venus
transit
Received; 7 May 2012 at
21:53 JST
Dear
Masami and Masatsugu
I exploit your contact since a colleague of mine, astronomer in Paris
(Thomas Widemann, in cc), is preparing an expedition
to Japan for the
observation of the transit of Venus, in the frame of a scientific
experiment (http://venustex.oca.eu).
The problem is, that he cannot easily find telescope facilities in the
north of Japan (Hokkaido). In fact the idea would be to install a 10cm
refractor (especially equipped) on an existing mount. This instrument is
lightweight but a good tracking mount, well set up, is needed (so a
fixed mount is preferred).
Are you aware of any suitable site in that region? If yes, please let us
know at your earliest convenience...
Kind regards
Paolo TANGA (Laboratoire Lagrange, Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, FRANCE)
¤·····Subject: Mars 6
May 2012
Received; 7 May 2012 at
21:42 JST
Hi Guys
We had a late break up of the clouds to reveal the full moon and Mars. Seeing was usable too. Mars the incredible shrinking planet appears only 9.5 arc sec diameter now, and is past the meridian in a light sky from up here in the UK..
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120506/DTy06May12.jpg
It was a welcome sight after all the rain we have had during this drought. Yes we are on hosepipe bans just now !. UK seems to be on a big hill so when it rains most of the water runs into the sea before we can capture it, such a pain , but not before it floods hundreds of homes! I sure some jobsworth will point out they should not be using a hosepipe to pump the water out of the house.
Cheers
www.david-tyler.com
Ham call G4PIE
Dave
TYLER (Bucks, the
¤·····Subject: Mars -
May 2nd, 4th
Received; 7 May 2012 at
15:03 JST
Hi Mr. Murakami,
Here are two sets from May 2nd and May 4th, under below average conditions,
Clear Skies.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120502/EMr02May12.jpg
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120504/EMr04May12.jpg
Efrain
MORALES RIVERA
(
¤·····Subject: Mars May
4th
.Received; 6 May 2012 at 23:09 JST
Here is an image of Mars taken May 4th at 01:58 UT
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120504/EGf04May12.jpg
http://www.egrafton.com/05-04-12.jpg
Ed
GRFTON (Houston, TX)
¤·····Subject: Mars high
altitude limb cloud (April 13th, 2012.)
.Received; 6 May 2012 at 07:36 JST
Hi all,
Images from the April 13th session clearly show the southern high altitude limb
cloud again. I've attached a G filter image showing the feature protruding
above the SW limb.
http://www.damianpeach.com/mars1112/2012_04_13cloud.jpg
Best Wishes
Damian PEACH (Selsey, WS, the
¤·····Subject: Mars
images (April 13th, 2012.)
.Received; 6 May 2012 at 07:01 JST
Hi
all,
Some very good seeing on this night. Here is a set of RGB images and also a
detailed B image i obtained that despite the rapidly
dwindling apparent diameter showing some delicate cloud structures across the
disk. The
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120413/DPc13Apr12.jpg
http://www.damianpeach.com/mars1112/2012_04_13rgb.jpg
http://www.damianpeach.com/mars1112/2012_04_13blue.jpg
Best Wishes
Damian PEACH (Selsey, WS, the
¤·····Subject: Mars -
April 28, 2012
.Received; 6 May 2012 at 04:04 JST
Mars
images April 28, 2012
Average seeing conditions.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120428/FWl28Apr12.jpg
Freddy WILLEMS (
¤·····Subject: Saturn,
4th May
.Received; 5 May 2012 at 15:21 JST
I
had some quite good seeing for a while last night, here are two images of
Saturn taken about an hour and a half apart. It's interesting to look at the
dark grey band in the mid-north hemisphere (top) and see the regularly spaced
set of lighter spots that are visible in both images. It seems that they are
spaced around a wide range of longitudes.
regards,
Images:
http://www.acquerra.com.au/astro/gallery/saturn/20120504-125845/large.jpg
http://www.acquerra.com.au/astro/gallery/saturn/20120504-143130/large.jpg
Anthony WESLEY (
¤·····Subject: Mars -
April 27, 2012
.Received; 5 May 2012 at 15:11 JST
My Mars images in
variable seeing conditions.
Still working on a backlog...
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120427/FWl27Apr12.jpg
Freddy
WILLEMS (
¤·····Subject: Saturn
2012-05-04, 00:51:46 UT
.Received; 5 May 2012 at
05:36 JST
Hi
all,
here my Saturnimage captured under misty conditions. Only
2 of 6 sequences had a huge gap to capture all the colour sequences...
15 fps @ 1/15 s exposertime, Gain 1000, 40% used.
Cheers
Silvia KOWOLLIK
(
¤·····Subject: Saturn
2012.05.02
.Received; 5 May 2012 at 02:00 JST
Dears,
Saturn under degrading seeing:
http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/s20120502-MDe.jpg
By pushing the processing, some spots could be guessed
in NTrZ and NEB.
A montage in R+IR with from left to right Tethys,
Saturn, Dione, Enceladus :
http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/s20120502_rir_satellites_small.jpg
Same with Saturn in LRGB:
http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/s20120502_lrgb_satellites_small.jpg
Sincerely,
Marc DELCROIX (Tournefeuille, FRANCE)
http://astrosurf.com/delcroix
¤·····Subject: Mars
2012/05/03
.Received; 4 May 2012 at 19:14 JST
Hello,
Here is Mars on 2012/05/03.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120503/JPp03May12.jpg
The seeing was bad.
The transparency was fair.
Regards
Jean-Jacques POUPEAU (Essonne,
France)
¤·····Subject: Mars 25
April 2012 - Protrusion Animation
.Received; 4 May 2012 at 09:49 JST
Dear
Masami,
Sorry to send you yet another animated GIF of the protrusion, but I noticed the
last GIF I sent had some problems when being displayed with Apple Safari on
some mobile devices. I have fixed those problems and I also enhanced the
frames slightly to improve the visibility of the protrusion. I also added
the central meridian data for each frame for convenience. You may replace the
original one I sent with this new one.
I had some problems with some of the color frames so
I am afraid I will not be able to send you a color
version of the animation as I promised.
Thank
you for your help. Just let me know if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Bill FLANAGAN (Houston, TX)
¤·····Subject: Saturn
1st May
.Received; 4 May 2012 at 08:22 JST
Hi all,
Some decent seeing even at 32° altitude last night. Saturn resized 1.5x, just about resolved Enke's division. couldn't resolve any storm features though.
best regards
Peter EDWARDS
(Horsham, WS, the
¤·····Subject: Mars
1-May-2012
.Received; 4 May 2012 at 07:31 JST
Hi Guys we had a rare clear break from these April / May showers, with a bit of useful seeing too. Image is x 240% as it was taken at my "SATURN "mag which is set up nicely just now but a bit less than previous Mars captures.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120501/DTy01May12.jpg
Dropping down hopefully to Saturn at 21 degrees lower, at 28degs alt., proved to be futile as the seeing was just plain ugly ! I was soon put out of my misery by "those clouds" that just form rather than arrive.
Best wishes
www.david-tyler.com
Ham call G4PIE
Dave
TYLER (Bucks, the
¤·····Subject: Mars
image (April 5th, 2012.)
.Received; 4 May 2012 at 04:18 JST
Hi
all,
Here is an image from the 5th in fair seeing. Similar view to the previous
night though seeing wasn't quite as good.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120405/DPc05Apr12.jpg
http://www.damianpeach.com/mars1112/2012_04_05rgb.jpg
Best Wishes
Damian PEACH (Selsey, WS, the
¤·····Subject:
Yesterday's Cassini Flybys of Enceladus
and Dione
.Received; 4 May 2012 at 04:04 JST
May
3, 2012
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
Yesterday, Cassini successfully completed it last
close flybys of
Enceladus and Dione for the
next three years. Cassini flew within 50
miles of the south polar surface of Enceladus to
allow a measure of the
gravitational signature of that region ... information that will be
vital in deducing (or not) the presence of a body of liquid water, the
`holy grail' and source of fascination of this moon, buried beneath its
south pole. And we imaging scientists caught the last, really good look
that we'll ever get in this mission of the jets erupting from the
prominent fractures crossing the polar cap. With the advent of winter
in a few years, Enceladus' south pole is rushing
headlong into darkness
and soon the jets will no longer be visible.
As for Dione, the bounty of images collected
yesterday, some with
details as small as 175 feet, is utterly spectacular.
Visit ...
http://www.ciclops.org/view_event/173/Enceladus_and_Dione_Rev_165_Raw_Preview
... and see for yourself.
Now, we're on target for a May 22 flyby of Titan that will pitch us
poleward, out of the equatorplane
into significantly inclined orbits,
for 3 years' viewing of the rings and the polar regions of the planet.
As I've said for years now, this is exploration at its finest. It won't
continue forever. So, enjoy it while it lasts!
Best,
Carolyn PORCO (Cassini
Imaging Team Leader)
Director, CICLOPS
Boulder, CO
http://ciclops.org
http://twitter.com/carolynporco
http://www.facebook.com/carolynporco
PS. To unsubscribe from this list, go to the right hand column of the
CICLOPS home page ( http://ciclops.org ) and find and click the
[Unsubscribe] link
¤·····Subject: Mars
2012.05.02
.Received; 4 May 2012 at 01:18 JST
Mars
correct conditions last night, with my setup fixed and working:
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120502/MDc02May12.jpg
http://astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/m20120502-MDe.jpg
Bluish clouds are rising on the equator...
Sincerely,
Marc DELCROIX (
¤·····Subject: solar
images 30April 2012 inc Flare
.Received; 3 May 2012 at 19:50 JST
Hi Guys This was an
interesting morning, with a flare taking place in AR 1471, and two coronal loop
prominences, I imaged the larger one only.
The flare animation is 9 frames and runs from 10:27 to 10:36ut
Coronado scope DS90
Best wishes
www.david-tyler.com
Ham call G4PIE
Dave
TYLER (Bucks, the
¤·····Subject: Mars from
10th April
.Received; 3 May 2012 at 07:44 JST
Hi,
Here is my last Mars of the apparition, in moderately poor seeing on 10th April.
Hope to put a Mars albedo map together for this apparition in due course.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120410/MLw10Apr12.jpg
All the best,
Martin LEWIS
(
¤·····Subject: Mars image (April 4th, 2012.)
.Received; 3 May 2012 at 06:29 JST
Here is an image from April 4th in good seeing. Syrtis Major is prominent covered in clouds. Elysium is also bright with clouds. A weak and irregular ECB crosses the disk.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120404/DPc04Apr12.jpg
http://www.damianpeach.com/mars1112/2012_04_04rgb.jpg
Best Wishes
Damian PEACH (Selsey, WS, the
¤·····Subject: Drawings of Mars
.Received; 2 May 2012 at 21:16 JST
Dear Dr. Minami, Christophe,
I
have downloaded a new driver software from the site of the maker for my scanner,
and now it works out well, so I am attaching here my latest drawings of
Mars which I could finally take after almost whole a month(!) of depressive
weather.
The red planet has shrunk a bit, but the gradual darkening along the dawn
terminator gives a fantastic 3D-like shadowed spherical appearance (I just like
it!).
I'd like to direct you, Christophe, a naive
question: “Is Hellas presently frosty?
or cloudy or both?” …Lately Hellas looks dim in the morning along the
terminator, then it seems to be getting brighter as it proceeding easterly to
be most bright near the evening limb…How come it goes like that? …Is it just an influence of the
illumination/terminator-darkening? Or is
it related to the daily repeated cloud formation over the area? …With our
instruments' spatial resolution for the smaller apparent size of Mars, is it
possible to tell what is covering Hellas, ice crystal cloud? or a thin coat of
frost? (visually/including observing well-balanced RGB images, or by analyzing
IR,R,G,B,UV components' findings).
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120428/Kn28Apr12.jpg
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120425/Kn25Apr12.jpg
Good Health/Weather/Seeing!
Reiichi
KONNAÏ (Fukushima, JAPAN)
¤·····Subject: Mars 26
April
.Received; 2 May 2012 at 08:36 JST
Hi
All,
I have attached some RGB and UV Mars images from 26 April.
The orographic cloud over Arsia
Mons was not visible, although the
clouds over the other great volcanoes were fairly prominent. During
southern late spring and summer, the Arsia cloud is
often the first
to appear and is very prominent -- as in the 2003 apparition.
The NPC was tiny with the outliers Lemuria (Olympia)
and Ierne still visible.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120426/DPk26Apr12.jpg
Best,
Don PARKER (
¤·····Subject: Mars 25
April 2012
.Received; 2 May 2012 at 06:43 JST
Dear
Masami,
I have attached a set of
images of Mars from 25 April. The images show bright clouds over Olympus Mons and the Tharsis Range.
Also there appears to be a protrusion on the morning limb around Longitude 213W
and Latitude 44S at a location very near the earlier protrusion reported by
Wayne Jaeschke back on March 20th of this year.
I have also attached an animated GIF that
shows how the protrusion was consistent in luminance frames taken over a period
of 19 minutes. I boosted gamma to a value of 2.5 on the four frames that make
up the animation to enhance the visibility of the
protrusion on the morning terminator.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120425/WFl25Apr12.jpg
Please give my regards to Masatsugu. Tell him that he
has been in my
thoughts lately and I am hoping that he is making some progress with his
recovery. I think back many times to the wonderful trip to Paris/Meudon in
2009 for the IWCMO Conference and how much I enjoyed meeting him there.
Sincerely,
Bill FLANAGAN (Houston, TX)
¤·····Subject: Mars
images (April 2nd, 2012.)
.Received; 2 May 2012 at 03:41 JST
Hi
all,
An image from the 2nd. Rather poor conditions.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120402/DPc02Apr12.jpg
http://www.damianpeach.com/mars1112/2012_04_02rgb.jpg
Best Wishes
Damian PEACH (Selsey, WS, the
¤·····Subject: Mars
images (April 1st, 2012.)
.Received; 1 May 2012 at 23:11 JST
Hi
all,
Some belated images from April 1st. Seeing was very good.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120401/DPc01Apr12.jpg
http://www.damianpeach.com/mars1112/2012_04_01rgb.jpg
This set makes a great comparison with and image set obtained exactly one month
before in excellent seeing:
http://www.damianpeach.com/mars1112/2012_03_01rgbs.jpg
Note how
Best Wishes
Damian PEACH (Selsey, WS, the
¤·····Subject: Mars:
April 30, 2012
.Received; 1 May 2012 at 13:38 JST
Hi -
I have attached
my latest image of Mars April 30, 2012 to be posted.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120430/FMl30Apr12.jpg
Thanks,
Frank J MELILLO (Holtsville,
NY)
¤·····Subject: Re: My
situation
.Received; 30 April 2012 at 20:44 JST
Dear
Masatsugu,
I'm happy to receive this notice from you. We all hope that you're going
to keep on observing and analysing the red planet.
I will do what I can to help the publication of the ISMO !
All the best
Christophe PELLIER (
¤·····Subject: Re: My
situation
.Received; 30 April 2012 at 09:43 JST
Dear
Masatsugu,
The suddenness of this illness concerns me, since usually Parkinson's
onset is more gradual. Perhaps more subtle symptoms have been present for
awhile, but you have seemed to be well.
My sympathies go out to you in this difficult time.
As for the CMO/ISMO--I do hope we will all be able to keep it going.
However, you have been the heart and soul of it, so it will be no easy task.
I still hope for your complete recovery.
Best,
Bill
SHEEHAN
(
¤·····Subject: mars 28 april.
Received; 30 April 2012
at 09:16 JST
Hi
Total poor seeing & SPRING condition so was that.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120428/SGh28Apr12.jpg
Best
Wishes,
Sadegh GHOMIZADEH (Tehran, IRAN)
¤·····Subject: mars 27
April.
Received; 29 April 2012
at 03:06 JST
Hi
Poor seeing & bad condition . ,anyway you can see north east Airy crater & Cassini crater & vest Syrtis Major.
PLS see you it.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120427/SGh27Apr12.jpg
Best Wishes,
Sadegh GHOMIZADEH (Tehran, IRAN)
¤·····Subject: Mars
24th-April-2012
Received; 27 April 2012
at 02:37 JST
Hi Guys I was nice to see an imagable Mars this evening. I just love these blue mists
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120424/DTy24Apr12.jpg
Best wishes
www.david-tyler.com
Ham call G4PIE
Dave TYLER (Bucks, the
¤·····Subject: Mars, 25
April
Received; 26 April 2012
at 23:19 JST
Hi,
Obtained this image last evening under less than ideal conditions, thickening
Cirrus, misty and twilight. Summer is clearly approaching with bright nights,
but seeing is also generally improving. Will keep on going at dusk for the
remainder of the Mars season to catch the planet as high as possible.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120425/JWr25Apr12.jpg
All the best,
Johan WARELL (
¤·····Subject: solar
images 20-April-2012
Received; 26 April 2012
at 06:45 JST
Hi Guys
Here are a few of the active regions from the 20th The off band Ha images are showing spot detail similar to a white light wedge image.
Best wishes
www.david-tyler.com
Ham call G4PIE
Dave
TYLER (Bucks, the
¤·····Subject: Mars -
April 20th, 01:21ut
Received; 25 April 2012
at 14:41 JST
Hi Mr. Murakami, Here I submit my latest session from the 20th of april under average conditions, Clear Skies.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120420/EMr20Apr12.jpg
Efrain
MORALES RIVERA
(
¤·····Subject: mars
22.apr.
Received; 25 April 2012
at 10:32 JST
Hi
Very poor seeing & variable condition .
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120422/SGh22Apr12.jpg
Best Wishes,
Sadegh GHOMIZADEH (Tehran, IRAN)
¤·····Subject: Mars
image 21, 22 April
Received; 25 April 2012
at 07:35 JST
Hi all
I attach mars image on 21, 22 April 2011.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120421/Ak21Apr12.jpg
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120422/Ak22Apr12.jpg
Best Wishes
Tomio AKUTSU (
¤·····Subject: Mars on
19, 22, 23 April
Received; 25 April 2012
at 05:47 JST
Dear
friends,
Three more dates of the red planet with increasingly better seeing. The one
taken last night April 23 was obtained in excellent conditions and shows Arsia, Pavonis, Ascraeus and Olympus Mons as
darks spots peeking through the widespread morning cloud deck. Very similar to
a month ago. North-south trending dust streak through Niliacus
Lacus or an image artifact? Can't decide, but it's
visible on another image obtained six minutes later. No obvious image artifacts on these images that I can detect.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120419/JWr19Apr12.jpg
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120422/JWr22Apr12.jpg
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120423/JWr23Apr12.jpg
All the best,
Johan WARELL (
¤·····Subject: Mars with
Olympus Mons 21-Apr-2012
Received; 24 April 2012
at 18:34 JST
Hi
all,
Here's an image from Saturday night with Olympus Mons
jutting through
the clouds.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120421/ISp21Apr12.jpg
Also, I've recently launched a new-look website (at my usual
astro-sharp.com url). Image in the top blog entry here:
http://astro-sharp.com
Best Regards
Ian
SHARP
(Ham, WS, the
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