Mars August 23

Hi all,

Conditions were pretty nice for this image.

http://www.sunspot51.com/Mars/2009-08-23-PWM.jpg

Paul

Paul Maxson said:

Hi all,

Conditions were pretty nice for this image.

http://www.sunspot51.com/Mars/2009-08-23-PWM.jpg

Paul

Nice image. I found it interesting it matches my description of Mars as noted in the "after dark" forum under the title of, "Mt Pinos Wed Sept 16."
http://www.astromart.com/forums/viewpost.asp?forum_post_id=679313&poll_id=&news_id=&page=
I couldn't quite make out the polar cap but I could see that Mars was slightly gibbous with similar surface detail evident as in your image. At the time I viewed it, the tiny image of Mars was low in the horizon, approximately 30 degrees or so but I was pleased to see as much detail that I did at the time with my 16" F4.5 dob.