Mars Images — MarsWatch 2005

Sunday, 30th of October 2005

There is another outburst on Mars.  It has encroached onto Sinus Meridiani. 
Here is a Red image hot off the press along with a comparison image from 
the 29th of October.
 
Dave Moore

Date (UT): 30 October 2005	            Time (UT):  01:24h
CM:  242°			H: 54°			Dec:16°14'05"

De: -14°			Ls: 315°		φ: 20.2"
Telescope Schmidt-Cassegrain 280   (f/25)
Seeing: (0-10 scale) 6                Trans.: (0-6) 5
              (10 = excellent)
Magnification:  330x / 350x

Filters: Schott:    OG 550  orange
          Wratten:  W  64    blue/green
                    W  80a  blue
                    W 85    salmon

Observer Station:                                Observer:
7° 18' (E) / 48° 01' (N)				       Teichert Gérard
Hattstatt (France)

Observing notes:

-The SPC is difficult to see
-AUSONIA is clear of dust  (1)

Date (UT): 30 October 2005            Time (UT): 21:32h
CM: 176°			H: 47°			Dec: 16°12'45"

De: -14°			Ls: 316°		φ: 20.2"
Telescope Schmidt-Cassegrain 280   (f/25)
Seeing: (0-10 scale) 5-6                 Trans.: (0-6) 5
              (10 = excellent)
Magnification:  330x / 350x

Filters: Schott:    OG 550  orange
         Wratten:  W  64    blue/green
                   W  80a  blue
                   W 85    salmon

Observer Station:                                      Observer:
7° 18' (E) / 48⪚ 01' (N)				       Teichert Gérard
Hattstatt (France)

Observing notes:

-The SPC could not be seen
-Bright SPOT in the ERIDANIA  (1)
-The NPH is small

Images of Mars in the Cousins I band and a color image made from
BVI filter images.  Obtained with the Michigan State University
60-cm telescope diaphragmed to 20 cm to prevent overexposure on the
Apogee Ap47p CCD.  Seeing 4-5/10.

Clouds rolled in before "the view" rotated into good position this morning, 
but some evidence of the Sinus Meridiani event is evident on the limb.
Poor and variable pre-frontal seeing conditions persisted.

Dr. P. Clay Sherrod
Arkansas Sky Observatories

Attached are my observations from last night/this morning.  My images show 
the same "brick reddish" patch southeast of the advancing dust storm that 
David Moore reported.

Observer      : Víctor Ramírez Mödinger
Instrument    : Meade LX50 10"
Camera        : Philips ToUCam Pro
Location      : Santiago de Chile
Date (UT)     : October 30, 2005
Time (UT)     : 06:28
Filter        : Baader IR Blocking Filter
Stacked images: 2400, best 1500 selected
Seeing        : 5/10

Monday, 31st of October 2005

Taken with a 16" f/4.5 Newt. using a 2x Barlow.
Camera Meade DSI Pro.

Date Oct. 31, 2005
Time: Centered on 01:51 UT
CM 239
Stack of 281 images in RGB

Taken with a 16" f/4.5 Newt. using a 2x Barlow.
Camera Meade DSI Pro.

Date Oct. 31, 2005
Time: Centered on 04:15 UT
CM 274
Stack of 576 images in RGB

Taken with a 16" f/4.5 Newt. using a 2x Barlow.
Camera Meade DSI Pro.

Date Oct. 31, 2005
Time: Centered on 06:26 UT
CM 309
Stack of 573 images in RGB

Observer      : Mick Hyde
Instrument    : Celestron 9.25 SCT
Camera        : Philips ToUCam Pro II CCD Webcam
Location      : Swindon, Wiltshire, UK
Date (UT)     : October 31, 2005
Time (UT)     : 22:51

Ramiro Hernández Banda , Saltillo, México.
8" SC Celestron telescope, QuickCam + eyepiece projection UV/IR cut off filter.
South polar cap, no visible, new features in Syrtis Major
Diameter: 20.2" , -2.1 mag,  Phase:0.99, UT=5:05, CM Central Meridian=287 deg.

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