Mars - More dust????

Started by jjacobso, 08/04/2003 10:45PM

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I took the attached image of Mars this morning. Note the bright yellow appearance along the western limb (to the right in this image, south is up.) It appears to me to possibly be an increase in dust activity from the recent small storms in the Chryse region.

Taken with an 8" Newtonian and Toucam pro.

Comments appreciated.

-Jake

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Posted 08/05/2003 01:29AM #1

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It Looks like that to me too Jake. Hopefully we won't have a complete dust wash-out before the closest approach since the wheel was invented smile

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Posted 08/05/2003 01:50AM #2

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By the way...Very nice pic Jake!
Hopefully it won't be nothing like the past year, in which we could not make out ANY detail at all...

Clear dark skies, and Mars too!

Ivan
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Posted 08/05/2003 06:14AM #3

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Jake,

Fantastic image...it's hard for me to fathom it was taken through a $600 (mount included) telescope. Simply amazing!

As to the dist question...I'll let the pro's here address that...

Rick

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Posted 08/05/2003 03:59PM #4

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Thanks everyone for your comments!

-Jake

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