Mars Images — MarsWatch 2005

Thursday, 01st of December 2005

Date (UT):  1 December 2005	            Time (UT): 19:40h
CM: 226°	  H: 52°		Dec: 15°06'31"

De: -19°			Ls: 339°		φ: 16.8"
Telescope Schmidt-Cassegrain 280   (f/25)
Seeing: (0-10 scale) 7    Trans.: (0-6) 5    wind !
              (10 = excellent)
Magnification:  330x / 350x

Filters: Schott:    OG 550  orange
          Wratten:  W  64    blue/green
                    W  80a  blue
                    W 85    salmon
          Zeiss:    VG 6  (green)

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

Observing notes:

- The SPC is very small and brilliant
- MARE CIMMERIUM, MARE TYRRHENUM and SYRTIS MAJOR
 appeared dark.
- Whihe cloud over HELLAS  (1) Filter W 85 and OG 440
- The NPH is bright

Friday, 02nd of December 2005

Saturday, 03rd of December 2005

MARS DRAWING: J.D. Beish, Lake Placid, FL (27N21', 081W19') 
16-in (41cm) f/6.9 Newtonian, Mag:     x

December 03,  2005, 0000 - 0030 UT, CM 280 - 286,  Ls = 334, De = -18.8
Seeing: 5 - 6. Trans: 6,  Alt:  55 deg.   OAT:  10 C   

NOTES:  BC = 2. Blue Clearing noticeable.  Evening limb haze bright.  Morning 
limb haze bright.  Cloud on morning limb extends into Hellas.  NO hood bright 
and extended.

Mars, December 3, 2005 UD
CM 334.1 degrees, De -18.8 degrees, Ls 334.2 degrees
Phase defect .968, Size 16.6"
Celestron NexStar 11 GPS at 224x & 311x  with W23A red filter.

Clear, rapidly falling temperatures, moderate humidity, no wind.  Syrtis 
Major, Sabaeus & Meridiani darkest features.  Serpentis also dark & 
Hellespontus visible.  Deucalionis dusky.  N part of Hellas very bright, 
S part dusky.  Aeria & N Hellas brightest regions.  Did not see SPC in 
integrated light or in any filter.  Bright but thinner NPH.  Bright limb 
haze P Syrtis Major.

Jay Albert
Lake Worth, FL  

Sunday, 04th of December 2005

MARS IMAGES, DECEMBER 4th, 2005.
 
D. A. Peach. Loudwater, Buckinghamshire, UK.
14" (35cm) Celestron SCT @ f/40.
Lumenera LU075M CCD camera.
 
Seeing fair-good (Pickering 5-8.)
Transparency excellent (6.0mag) between low cloud banks.
Wind NW (5-10mph.) Moderate dew.
 
Alt= 50 degs.
 
Here are some images from last night. Fair to good seeing. Lots of faint 
morning mists along the limb. The SPC is hardly visible now at this longitude. 
Elysium Mons appears as a small bright spot.

MARS DRAWING: J.D. Beish, Lake Placid, FL (27N21', 081W19') 
16-in (41cm) f/6.9 Newtonian, Mag: 335-500  x

December 04,  2005, 0000 - 0000 UT, CM 270 - 278,  Ls = 335, De = -18.9
Seeing:  4 - 5. Trans:6,  Alt:  52 deg.   OAT: 13 C   

NOTES:  BC = 1 .  Cloud in Hellas, light.  MH and EN.  NP Hood.

Mars, December 4, 2005 UD
CM 268.5 degrees, De -18.9 degrees, Ls 334.7 degrees
Phase defect .966, Size 16.4"
Celestron NexStar 11 GPS at 224x & 311x  with W23A red filter.

Clear, falling temperatures, increasing humidity, no wind, no Moon.  Syrtis 
Major, Tyrrhenum & Cimmerium darkest, most prominent features.  Elysium, 
Libya & N Hellas very bright.  Hesperia not as bright.  SPC sometimes seen 
as tiny, light dot.  Atmosphere clear in W38A blue filter.  Thin morning 
limb haze with bulge in N Hellas.  Evening limb haze wider and brighter.  
Bright, relatively thin NPH.

Jay Albert
Lake Worth, FL  

Monday, 05th of December 2005

Tuesday, 06th of December 2005

MARS DRAWING: J.D. Beish, Lake Placid, FL (27N21', 081W19') 
16-in (41cm) f/6.9 Newtonian, Mag: 335 - 500 x

December 06,  2005, 0005 - 0025 UT, CM 253.8 - 258.6,  Ls =335, De = -19.0
Seeing: 7 - 8. Trans: 6,  Alt: 55 deg.   OAT: 2.2 C   

NOTES:  BC = 1+.  SPR hazy.  EH, EC, MH, NP Hood.

Wednesday, 07th of December 2005

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