Mars Sept 19, 2005

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Thanks Miguel for the image. I was observing at the same time in upstate NY with a 4" apo and your image confirms my observation. A 4" hints at planetary detail and its hard to confirm what you see but the posts here help me. I usually see all the detail, just very "small". I saw the darker region near the north polar hood, it appeared as a collar around it. Your image seperates the two.The rest of the features were about the sameas the image. It appears this year to me that the albiedo features seem fainter than past oppositions?? Anyone else notice this?