MARS IMAGES 20-21 NOVEMBER, 2001
D.C. Parker, Coral Gables, FL. Lynxx PC camera 16-in (41cm) F/6 NEWTONIAN
Eyepiece Projection @ f/44.2
Integration Times:
BLUE (Koheisha, 445nm peak central; BWHM 105nm) 3.40s
GREEN (Koheisha, 540nm peak central; BWHM 75nm) 1.12s
RED (RG610 - No IR Rejection) 0.24s
Images flat and dark corrected.
Seeing poor (3, Pickering). Transparency variable (0-4.0m) with frequent
clouds. No wind. Altitude = 43 degrees. Mild dew.
Note bright cloud on SE limb over Bosporus and Ogygis R. Solis Lacus dark but
small.
NOTE: darkening in Daedalia-Claritas, similar to that seen in 1973. Bright
spot east of Solis Lacus in eastern Thaumasia. Aurorae S. and Nectaris P.
prominent but the Tithonius complex weak to absent.
SPC tiny, bright. Evening limb haze persists.