CM = 0°
CM = 45°
CM = 90°
CM = 135°
CM = 180°
CM = 270°
CM = 315°
Dan Troiani has sent me several useful items. The first is a document by Jeff Beish detailing what we should all expect to see during the 2001 Apparition. It also includes some information on how to get the best Mars images you can through the use of standard Kodak filter sets. Dan has also sent us several Mars map images created from the endless hours the A.L.P.O. group has put in over the years. The first is a Mars map with most of the accepted ground-based albedo feature names. The second is a color map showing where to expect to see the most consistant cloud activity. Note that for clarity of presentation, this map does not have the albedo feature names on it. The third map is a smaller combination of the previous two with the addition of some orthographic views. These maps will be of great use to the Mars observing community — thanks Dan!
Another contribution is a Mars observing form. There are places to fill out all the relevant information of your observation and places for sketching what you see. You can see a filled out example for referance.
Be sure to check out the entire A.L.P.O. Mars Section site including their Martian Chronicle observing newsletters.
As a new addition here, Dan Troiani has sent me a set of images showing Mars in orthographic view. They are shown with central meridians of 0°, 45°, 90°, 135°, 180°, 270° and 3157deg; respectively. Enjoy! And thank you Dan!
CM = 0° |
CM = 45° |
CM = 90° |
CM = 135° |
CM = 180° |
CM = 270° |
CM = 315° |