Mars Images — MarsWatch 2005

Thursday, 16th of March 2006

Friday, 17th of March 2006

Saturday, 18th of March 2006

Here are some images from this evening. Rapidly deteriorating seeing, with 
gusty winds. Little change from the 15th.
 
Damian

Monday, 20th of March 2006

Wednesday, 22nd of March 2006

Here are some Mars images from the 22nd. Seeing was very good at times. 
The Elysium hemisphere was well placed. Some mist over Syrtis Major and 
Ausonia.  Elysium itself is mist free. The NPC is brilliant bordered by 
the albedo markings of Lemuria (this was well seen visually also.)
 
Damian

Thursday, 23rd of March 2006

Friday, 24th of March 2006

Saturday, 25th of March 2006

Sunday, 26th of March 2006

Monday, 27th of March 2006

I made an observation of Mars on March 27, 2006 (00:40 and 01:00 U.T.) 
under good seeing (6-7/10) seeing conditions. Although subtending an 
apparent diameter of only 5.9 arc-seconds I was able to make some detail 
over the Martian surface and atmosphere. I welcome any comments that you 
may have on my observation.

Date (U.T.): March 27, 2006
Time (U.T.): 00:40 (left image) and 01:00 (right image)
CM: 290.2 (left image) and 295.1 (right image)
Ls: 30.7 (Mid-Northern Spring/Southern Autumn)
De: -2.9, Ds: 12.4, p: 0.90, Dia: 5.9"
Instrument: 9-inch (23-cm) F/13.5 Maksutov-Cassegrain	
Magnification: 271x
Filter: Klee OPS Barlow
Seeing (1-10): 6-7, Antoniadi (I-V) II
Transparency (1-6): 5

Notes:
00:40 U.T. (Left image, CM 290.2, Klee OPS Barlow): Syrtis Major (3-4/10) 
and Iapygia Viridis (4/10) were visible on the CM. Mare Tyrrhenum (3-4/10) 
and Syrtis Minor (4/10) were noted towards the preceding limb. Hellas 
appeared as a shaded to bright (6-7/10), oval feature preceding the CM 
towards the south-preceding limb. Hellespontus (3-4/10) and Pandorae 
Fretum (4/10) were visible towards the south-following limb. Sabaeus 
Sinus (3-4/10) was visible towards the following limb. The North Polar 
Cap (NPC) was brilliant (10/10) and visible over the northern limb.

01:00 U.T. (Right image, CM 295.1, W38A): Bright to extremely bright 
(7-8/10) aerosols (clouds?) were visible over Hellas and the preceding 
limb. The northern, morning (following), southern, and evening (preceding) 
limbs appeared extremely bright (9/10). The NPC was brilliant (10/10) 
over the northern limb.

Carlos E. Hernandez

Tuesday, 28th of March 2006

Thursday, 30th of March 2006

Friday, 31st of March 2006

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