It just keeps getting better. A few weeks ago, I posted that I had seen both satellites in a 16" Nightsky with a Pegasus mirror by keeping the planet just outside the field of view and wondered what would be the smallest scope that would see them. Last night, several of us observed Mar's inner moon, Phobos, at western elongation while Mars was at the center of the field of view! We continued to watch it as it edged closer to the planet. Scopes were the 16" and a 12" Starmaster. While Phobos was not obvious, it was easy once you looked for it. The outer moon, Deimos, was too close to the planet to try.
Pete Rice
Pete Rice
