From
Daniel CRUSSAIRE
® . . . . . . . .Date:
Subject: More and more with a 4"
refractor
Dear friends,
Please look at a
glance these interesting observations for a so small telescope.
August 6th
:
great seeing, slow waves, sharp images.
"M_030806_013828_DCr_WWs-.jpg"
and "M_030806_015608_DCr_WWs-.jpg" (probably my best shot).
Details in Cyclopia
(Gomer S.), North of Cimmerium M. White patch (orographic cloud) on Elysium. Yellowish northern hemisphere.
August 12th :
fair seeing, clear sky.
"M_030812_014923_DCr_WWs-.jpg"
and "M_030812_024549_DCr_WWs-.jpg".
Nix Olympica obvious and probably white patches (orographic clouds) on Arsia Mons and Pavonis Mons.
August 19th
(this morning) : poor seeing, cloudy sky.
"M_030819_015112_DCr_WWs-.jpg". SPC complex (3+ fragments).
Juventae F.
hardly displayed. White patch on Protei
R. (?). NPH seems to retrieve (?).
Now compare "M_030801_021118_DCr_WWs-.jpg" taken
with the 4" fluorite and Philips VestaPro webcam from my home by rather good conditions on August
1st, with "M_030802_022405_DCr_VWs-.jpg" (same CM), a very
disappointing image taken with the 1 meter telescope (the 40" F/D=22 reflecting
telescope, not the 33" "Grande Lunette" refracting telescope) at
Meudon Observatory and tri-CCD 2/3" Digital Camera Recorder Sony
DCR-VX2000E by fair conditions on August 2nd.
Baffling ! May be due to optical and/or thermal problems (since well
collimated).
Best regards,
Daniel CRUSSAIRE (
Departement LESIA
Observatoire de Paris-Meudon
5, place Jules Janssen
92195 MEUDON Cedex
