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Mars Monday AM

Started by m87, 06/07/2005 11:54PM
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John Biretta
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Second try at Mars. Seeing not so good; sky getting bright.

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John,

That is an excellent early Mars image, it looks like the wedge prisms did a good job of correcting for atmospheric dispersion.

Thanks,

Wes Higgins
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John,

Wow....that's one of the better Mars I have seen this year!!

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