Mars 5/2/2003

Hope everybody is doing well. Glad to see all of you kept the store open :-)

Here is an image of Mars from this morning. Seeing was not great, but since I was out of bed.....

Best,

Angel

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Hi Angel,

Thanks for sharing another one of your fine images. This is definitely whetting my appetite for Mars.

Sol Robbins

Angel,

Offhand, I don't know what the CM was at the time of your image but I saw something similar to it on Tuesday morning, 4/29, through the ASH 17" f/15 classical Cassegrain at magnifications up to 381x. The use of a magenta color filter highlighted things nicely. This was the first good view of Mars that I've had this apparition.

Dave Mitsky

Angel and Graeme,

Thank you for posting your excellent image and observation of Mars.

Angel's image shows Mare Sirenum to the south (top) beneath a brilliant South Polar Hood (SPH) as well as a very bright orographic (mountain-associated) cloud projecting beyond the evening (preceding) limb over the Tharsis region. I look forward to more of your images in the future.

Graeme's Mars observation shows some details as well. The brilliant SPH does appear as a button over the south limb of the planet. Please continue to make your observations in the future.

The best of luck to everyone on their own Mars observations.

Carlos