1208 DPk Note

8-9 December 2001 (287°Ls)

MARS IMAGES 8-9 DECEMBER, 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)    2.84s
 GREEN (Koheisha, 540nm peak central; BWHM 75nm)      0.99s
 RED      (RG610 - No IR Rejection)                                   0.24s

                     Images flat and dark corrected.

Seeing excellent (8-9, Pickering). Transparency fair = 4-4.5m. Frequent clouds. Wind gusty, E-ESE 0-8 kts. Altitude = 51-38 degrees. No dew.
Hellas light but no longer brilliant once away from the PM limb. Detail now easily visible on its floor: Zea Lacus, Alpheus, and Peneus. Prometheii S. dark. Hadriacum M. and Euripus conspicuous. Syrtis Minor very dark. Hesperia well delineated with Cerberus III seen on a few of the images. Syrtis Major dark; Moeris L. conspicuous.
Evening limb haze merging into NP Hood. Some cloud in Libya-Isidis.