Solar
& Planetary LtE Now for CMO/ISMO #86 (CMO
#460)
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¤····Subject: Venus
and Mars 15th March 2017
Received:
Hi,
Yesterday afternoon a lovely break in the long period of cloud we
have been having, combined with decent seeing conditions, allowed imaging of Venus
in IR light just 10days before inferior conjunction - showing it as a slender
crescent. Venus lay directly above the sun and the bowl facing directly up from
the horizon was a wonderful sight in the eyepiece. Later I managed with some
luck to locate diminutive Mars at 4.4" across clearly showing Solis Lacus
and a very small SPC.
Details are on the images which can also be seen at the top of
this page;
http://www.skyinspector.co.uk/mars-and-venus
Cheers
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2016/170315/MLw15Mar17.jpg
Martin LEWIS (
¤····Subject: Mars:
Received:
Hi
,
I have
attached my latest image of Mars
Thanks,
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2016/170312/FMl12Mar17.jpg
Frank J MELILLO (
¤····Subject: Well
wishes
Received:
Dear Mr. Minami,
I am writing to wish you a complete return to health. I am sorry you
are not well. I have been an admirer of your excellent work on Mars for many
years and am hoping you can return to observing the planet Mars soon.
Respectfully yours,
Myron WASIUTA (VA, The
（Myron WASIUTA is an old friend of our CMO, -Also he is an
acquaintance of Sam WHITBY).
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmomn0/MWs244.htm
¤····Subject: RE: CMO
#459 uploaded
Received:
Dear Masami and
Masatsugu (and Reiichi),
Thank you for the latest edition of the CMO. Thank you also for
your ongoing dedication to recording Mars observations from around the world.
As you would have noticed, there have been a few contributing
factors to me not submitting further images (weather, seeing conditions,
problems with IR imaging, lower elevation of Mars, etc). I have resolved the IR
issue, but it is unlikely that I will be able to submit further during this
apparition with Mars becoming low from here.
I was very sorry to hear of the ill health of Masatsugu, and I
wish him a speedy recovery, with better health in the future.
I look forward to the next Mars apparition with great excitement
and anticipation as it will be particularly well placed for observation from my
location.
In the next few years, I would definitely like to visit the Lowell
and Harvard observatories in the
It has been exciting for me to discover and visit the Mars
heritage and History at the Boyden observatory here in
Very best regards,
¤····Subject:
Mo04Mar_17 & images in June 2016
Received:
Mars images on
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2016/170304/Mo04Mar17.jpg
And images in June
2016.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2016/160613/Mo13June16.jpg
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2016/160614/Mo14June16.jpg
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2016/160617/Mo17June16.jpg
Yukio MORITA (
¤····Subject: Mars -
March 2nd
Received:
Hi Mr. Minami and All!,
Here I submit a quick
session just before conditions deteriated in IR685 filter.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2016/170302/EMr02Mar17.jpg
Efrain MORALES RIVERA (
¤····Subject: Mars:
Received:
Hi, I have
attached my latest image of Mars
Best,
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2016/170305/FMl05Mar17.jpg
Frank J MELILLO (
¤····Subject: Re:Venus night side IR observation 2017 March 03
Received:
Hi David,
Excellent work. The dark patches correspond to Beta and Phoebe Regio (in
green/orange in the relief map). Violet areas are lower areas so this is where
the thermal signal is expected to be at its brightest.
Christophe PELLIER (
Planetary astronomy
and imaging
¤····Subject: Re:Venus night side IR observation 2017 March 03
Received:
Thanks. I really
appreciate these images. If anyone else has been successful in obtaining
similar images of the night side of Venus in the near IR this apparition, I
would very much like to receive them.
With best regareds,
Julius BENTON (Savannah, GA, the
USA)
¤····Subject: Venus
night side IR observation 2017 March 03
Received:
I've had some success
in imaging the night side of Venus in infra-red. Some small contrasts are shown
after sharpening and comparison with the relief map suggests the darker areas
may correspond to the depressed areas of Sedna Planitia and Guinevere Planitia
(purple areas in the relief map), though I am cautious about this
conclusion on the basis of this data, as the stack is only about 100 images.
Best,
David ARDITTI (Edgware, Middlesex,
the
http://staglaneobservatory.co.uk
¤····Subject: Mars - February
27th
Received:
Hi Mr. Minami and All!,
Here is my most recent
session from february 27th under average conditions.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2016/170227/EMr27Feb17.jpg
Efrain MORALES RIVERA (
¤····Subject: SOLAR
IMAGES
Received:
Hi Guys a clear day at
last and a solitary sunspot AR2638, along with a nice prominence. Even in the
jet-stream hot zone there were moments of fair clarity.
Best wishes
Dave TYLER (Bucks, the
¤····Subject: Jupiter
images
Received:
Hi all,
Some images of the preceding trail of SEB outbreak under good seeing.
Please find attached
as well a multiband animation RGB/IR/CH4 :)
http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/SEB_anim_250217
http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/j2017-02-25_03-10_rgb_cp
http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/j2017-02-25_04-06_rgb_cp
http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/j2017-02-25_02-44_ir_cp
http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/j2017-02-25_04-14_ir_cp
http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/j2017-02-25_03-32_ch4_cp
http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/j2017-02-25_04-31_ch4_cp
Christophe PELLIER (
Planetary astronomy
and imaging
¤····Subject: Jupiter
images, feb. 19th 2017
Received:
Hi all,
Some images taken under fairly good seeing.
Note very dark GRS in
UV and bright CH4 clouds inside SEB wake.
http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/j2017-02-19_03-12_ir_cp
http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/j2017-02-19_03-32_rgb_cp
http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/j2017-02-19_03-50_ch4_cp
http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/j2017-02-19_04-26_uv_cp
http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/j2017-02-19_04-44_rgb_cp
Christophe PELLIER (
Planetary astronomy
and imaging
¤····Subject: Mars -
February 22nd
Received:
Hi Mr. Minami and All!,
Here is my session
under above average conditions.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2016/170222/EMr22Feb17.jpg
Here I submit and
updated a compilation of images during this current apparition.
Efrain MORALES RIVERA (
¤····Subject: Mars:
Received:
Hi,
I have
attached my latest image of Mars
Best,
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2016/170219/FMl19Feb17.jpg
Frank J MELILLO (
¤····Subject: Mars
observation
Received:
Dear CMO/OAA-team !
Here is a Mars observation from
It was taken by my
friend Franz Klauser (FKr) using his 15"Newtonian located in
Puchenstuben/Lower Austria.
Thank You in advance
for displaying his picture on the CMO page !
best regards
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2016/170215/FKl15Feb17.jpg
Robert SCHULZ (
¤····Subject: Mars and
Venus (IR and UV) 18th Sat 2017
Received:
Hi,
Another lucky break in the generally cloudy weather on a Saturday afternoon
again allowed an early set-up and imaging of a huge Venus and a tiny Mars
around sunset with reasonable seeing conditions prevailing.
I must say that
having Venus close to Mars makes hunting it down in a bright sky a realistic
possible for my non GoTo Dobsonian- without Venus's beacon-like presence close
by finding Mars around sunset would not be a practical proposition.
Details are on the images and you can also see them online at the top of this page;
http://www.skyinspector.co.uk/mars-and-venus
Cheers,
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2016/170218/MLw18Feb17.jpg
Martin LEWIS (
¤····Subject: Re: Mars
19 February R filter
Received:
Thanks, Roger
Yes, it certainly looks like it was a rather tame apparition, at least compared
with the 2nd half of the previous one, where I was able to pick up a number of
local dust storms, and which got me off to an exciting start in Mars imaging!
However, I guess that the passing of another relatively quiet apparition raises
the probability of us having major activity on the next one......
If I recall, the dust storm season will fall closer to opposition in 2018, so I
guess that could be a good or a bad thing... It would certainly be exciting to
capture hi-res images of the initiation and development of a planet-encircling
storm, but I can imagine rather frustrating to image a relatively featureless
Mars week after week... :-).
Thanks again for all the interaction over the last while.
Best regards,
¤····Subject: Re: Mars
19 February R filter
Received:
Thanks,
It looks as though another apparition has passed without at planet-encircling
dust storm. The latest onset of a planet-encircling dust storm was Ls 312. It's
now Ls 321, so it would be unusual for one to start now.
Thank you for your
conscientious and helpful observations through the dust season!
Roger VENABLE (ALPO:
¤····Subject: Mars 19
February R filter
Received:
Hi all,
Unfortunately
afternoon conditions remain very poor. Attached is a rather poor R filter
image. However I believe there is sufficient data to be able to confirm that
Syrtis Major and Sinus Sabeaus are still detectable.
Best regards,
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2016/170219/CFs19Feb17.jpg
¤····Subject: Mars
images in June 2016 (I)
Received:
Mars images on 1,
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2016/160601/Mo01June16.jpg
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2016/160601/Mo01June16.jpg
Yukio MORITA (
¤····Subject: Amateur astronomers participation in the 2017 European Planetary
Science Congress:
17-22 September 2017,
Received:
Dear all,
The professional conference European Planetary Science Congress
(EPSC) will be held from September 17 to
Meeting
webpage: http://www.epsc2017.eu/
We
would like to draw your attention to the AM1 session "Amateur collaborations
in small bodies, terrestrial, giant and exo planets professional studies"
and the AM2 session "Juno Ground-Based Support from Amateurs",
in the program group "Amateur Astronomy". Both sesions are convened
by amateur astronomers together with professionals. We would like to invite you
to attend or actively participate to these sessions by contributing a paper
and/or meeting and exchanging views and ideas with other amateur and
professional astronomers studying the solar system (planets, asteroids,
comets, meteors, ...) and exoplanets, and in supporting
the Juno mission.
For
contributing, please fill in the abstract
submission form that you will find at the meeting web page above (abstract
deadline:
Please
note that this year EUROPLANET-2020 will provide budget to support amateur
participants from European countries. This budget will be allocated to
participants considering the scientific value of their expected presentations
and promoting diversity of participants from different countries. Note also
that amateur participants will not have to cover registration fees.
Please
feel free to circulate this message to all those who might be interested in the
event.
Looking
forward your contribution or participation to EPSC2017,
Marc Delcroix, Ricardo
Hueso and the co-conveners of the EPSC2017
AM1 and AM2 sessions.
Marc DELCROIX (