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¤·····Subject: More Mars images

Received; o4 April 2012 at 17:53

Dear all,

Sending you three new Mars images from March 22, 26, 27 and April 1. Also, revised processing for Mar 19, 23 and 25.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120401/JWr01Apr12.jpg

 See also: WARELL, Johan   19, 22. 23, 25, 26, 27 March 2012

Best regards, and have a lovely Easter,

Johan WARELL (Skivarp, SWEDEN)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars Observation 2012-04-03

Received: 04 Apr 2012 at 9:45

Greetings,

 

I had some decent, not great, seeing last night while Mars was near the zenith.  My observing report and separate tonal drawing are attached.  The tonal drawing has been uploaded to the new Images file.  Jim, thanks for the compliment on my earlier submission.

Regards,

 

Jay ALBERT (Lake Worth, FL)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars from 20th March 2012

Received: 04 Apr 2012 08:43

Hello,

Mars from 20th March in moderate seeing showing a clearer view to that sent out previously from the 19th but with a similar longitude on show. Again you can see the location of the three Tharsis volcanoes and Olympus Mons seen as holes in the morning mists.

Cheers,

Martin LEWIS (St Albans, the UK)

www.skyinspector.co.uk

 

¤·····Subject: Drawings of Mars                                  

 Received; 04 Apr 2012 07:02

  Dear Dr. Minami, Attached here are my latest Mars drawings. No special feature was discernable along the northwestern dawn terminator. Please take care, I do believe you should take a rest as you have been working too hard these days, no one can replace you!

 Best Wishes,

 

 

Reiichi KONNAI (Fukushima, JAPAN)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars images 31 march 2012

Received: 04 Apr 2012 07:08 JST

Hi all, Seeing was just fair for the 31th.

http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/M2012_03_31-CPE

The bright Hellas is coming into view. I have made a small comparison

map with data from late february, the last period when we saw the region

from Europe. The season was Ls 76° and the basin was much less bright then.

Looking at images I find difficult to decide whether there is frost or no

on the floor...

Christophe PELLIER (Nantes, FRANCE)

 

¤·····Subject: mars sketches 27/03/12 & 01/04/12

Received: 04 Apr 2102 02:02 JST

Hi, here are my sketches from march 27 and april 1

 http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120401/KSm01Apr12.jpg

 http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120327/KSm27Mar12.jpg

 

instrument: 12" f/5 dobson

magnification: 312x

seeing: poor

filters:  apodizing mask

Greetings,

Kris SMET (Bornem, BELGIM)

 

¤·····Subject: mars 1.april

Received: 03 Apr 2012 at 15:29 JST

Hi Guys,

Nowadays I am happy because the weather is fine. In this time we had very stable atmosphere on 1 April: seeing was good & atmosphere was average so that anyway I took some images. PLS see a good definition of Syrtis Major.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120401/SGh01Apr12.jpg

All the Best

Sadegh GHOMIZADEH (Tehran, IRAN)

 

¤·····Subject: Solar images 25thMarch-2012

Received: 03 Apr 2012 at 06:47 JST

Hi Guys here are a couple of shots of some spectacular proms, and one of the Active Region AR11445

  

Best wishes

Dave TYLER (Bucks, the UK)

 www.david-tyler.com

 

¤·····Subject: Mars 2012.04.01

Received: 03 Apr 2012 at 3:23 JST

Dears,

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120401/MDc01Apr12.jpg

Under correct conditions, I did my first trial LRGB on Mars with mitigated results as I could not get the correct color, and there are some differences (shape of Hellas ice, East of Acidia Planitia rendering, ...) which leads me to be careful about interpreting it.

http://astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/m20120401-MDe.jpg

The blue layer shows diffuse ECB, which is not really seen on the RGB.

Here are also the RGB and LRGB alone magnified by 120%:

http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/mars_20120401_rgb_120pc.jpg

http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/mars_20120401_lrgb_120pc.jpg

Sincerely,

Marc DELCROIX (Tournefeuille, FRANCE)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars Image 01-Apr-2012

Received 03 Apr 2012 at 00.05 JST

Hi all, Here's my image from last night –

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120401/ISp01Apr12.jpg

- bigger than normal as the tightening screw on my 3× Barlow broke in mid-session, forcing me to go up to about f/66 using a 5x PowerMate on my C11. Seems to have come out OK. I had the gain on the Flea3 pretty well maxed out.

http://tinyurl.com/7slunys

Regards

Ian SHARP (Ham, WS, the UK)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars images 02 April 2012

Received: 02 Apr 2012 at 23:14 JST

Hi all,

 I shall attach one set of Mars images on 02 April 2012. 

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120402/Ak02Apr12.jpg

I will be back in Japan during 04-11 April.

Best Wishes

Tomio AKUTSU (Cebu, the PHILIPPINES)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars: Drawings of Mars

Received:02 Apr 2012 at 17:22 JST

 Dear Dr. Minami, I have attached my latest Mars drawings. When I gave up observing for the degraded seeing and began withdrawing routine, blowing dust off the CP, binoviewer and eyepieces, a pretty strong earthquake occurred. The shake lasted over thirty seconds during which I had to dance with my telescope!

  

 Good Seeing/Health!

Reiichi KONNAÏ (Fukushima, JAPAN)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars: -- Complete image set for March 20 (condensate cloud) with RGB and IR Animation

Received: 02 Apr 2012 at 04:33 JST

Hi all, Here is my complete set of images for the condensate cloud observation on March 20.

First is a 9-frame RGB animation from 2:02ut to 2:51ut

 http://exosky.net/images/March-20-Animation.gif

and an 11-frame near-IR (742nm+) animation:

 http://exosky.net/exosky/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/March-20-Animation-IR.gif

And the individual RGB images:

http://exosky.net/exosky/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/20-March-0202ut.jpg

http://exosky.net/exosky/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/20-March-0210ut.jpg

http://exosky.net/exosky/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/20-March-0215ut.jpg

http://exosky.net/exosky/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/20-March-0219ut.jpg

http://exosky.net/exosky/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/20-March-0223ut.jpg

http://exosky.net/exosky/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/20-March-0234ut.jpg

http://exosky.net/exosky/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/20-March-0239ut.jpg

http://exosky.net/exosky/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/20-March-0245ut.jpg

http://exosky.net/exosky/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/20-March-0251ut.jpg

Regards,

 Wayne JAESCHKE (West Chester, PA)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars images, 30 march 2012

Received: 02 Apr 2012 at 02:56 JST (Le 01/04/2012 19:56, Christophe Pellier a écrit)

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120330/CPl30Mar12.jpg

Hi all, Good seeing again here... good nights don't stop !

http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/M2012_03_30-CPE

The white Hellas is on the limb, as well as the "escaping cloud" again.

Best wishes

Christophe PELLIER (Nantes, FRANCE)

 

¤·····Subject: ISMO note - the bright Olympus in 2005

Received: 02 Apr 2012 at 01:58 JST

Dear Masatsugu, ………..

You once asked me to write something about the bright Olympus in 2005. I did never wrote anything because finally, I just found myself to deny the "frost hypothesis". This morning I found MGS data taken on 6th November 2005 that of course show no frost and so I thought that it was interesting to write just a short note. Please find attached a short note. I have also found images that completely confirm the old note I wrote on CMO #325 about the October dust storm from the same year. I will also write something here just to show how good the amateur data can be. Of course I still keep all the other ideas I have already evocated.

Best wishes,

Christophe PELLIER (Nantes, FRANCE)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars 2012/03/31

Received: 01 Apr 2012 at 23:24 JST

Hello, Here is Mars on 2012/03/31.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120331/JPp31Mar12.jpg

The seeing was bad. The transparency was poor.

Regards

Jean-Jacques POUPEAU (Essonne, FRANCE)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars image 01 April 2012

Received: 01 Apr 2012 at 22:18 JST

Hi all, I attach some sets of Mars images taken on 01 April 2012. Seeing was poor.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120401/Ak01Apr12.jpg

Best Wishes

Tomio AKUTSU (Cebu, the PHILIPPINES)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars 2012.03.31

Received: 01 Apr 2012 at 21:14 JST

Dears,

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120331/MDc31Mar12.jpg

Under degrading turbulence unfortunately:

http://astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/m20120331-MDe.jpg

Whitish Hellas was prominent at the eyepiece.

Steady skies,

Marc DELCROIX (Tournefeuille, FRANCE)

 

¤·····Subject: EPSC 2012 - AM2 session: Amateur contribution to the advancement of planetary science

Receive: 01 Apr 2012 at 16:47 JST

Dears, The European Planetary Science Congress (EPSC) will be held in September this year in Madrid, Spain. In particular, we would like to draw your attention to the AM2 session dedicated to "Amateur contribution to the advancement of planetary science", in a now separated program group "Amateur Astronomy"

For more information please visit:

http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC2012/sessionprogramme/AM

We would like to invite you to actively participate to this session by contributing a paper and/or meeting and exchanging views and ideas with other amateur and professional astronomers studying the solar system. If you are interested in making an oral or poster contribution,

please fill in the abstract submission form that you will find at the web page above (abstract deadline: 23 May 2012).

Also, please feel free to circulate this message to all those who might be interested in the event.

Sincerely,

Marc DELCROIX (Convener of the AM2 session, SAF planetary observations commission)

 

¤·····Subject: Bates Mars Image 04/01/2012

Received: 01 Apr 2012 at 14:08 JST

Niliacus Lacus, Mare Erythraueum, Sinus Meridiani all show great detail.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120401/DBt01Apr12.jpg

Don R BATES (Houston, TX)

 

¤·····Subject: RE: Retardation of the protrusion from the CME passing

Received: 01 Apr 2012 at 13:03

Dear all, Masatsugu MINAMI this morning communicated that there could occur a retardation of the protrusion caused by the pressing CME passing near Mars, so that we revised the Expectation Table presented at Subject: Expectation Times of the protrusion, Received: 29 Mar 2012 22:17 JST below as follows: The area covers wider than before if the possible occurrences may be delayed two or three days.

GMT          5 April         6 April        7 April         8 April 

11:00   ω=124.6°W ω=115.6°W ω=106.6°W ω=097.5°W

11:20   ω=129.5°W ω= 20.5°W ω=111.5°W ω=102.4°W

11:40   ω=134.3°W ω=125.3°W ω=116.3°W ω=107.3°W

 

12:00   ω=139.2°W ω=130.2°W ω=121.2°W ω=112.2°W

12:20   ω=144.1°W ω=135.1°W ω=126.1°W ω=117.0°W

12:40   ω=149.0°W ω=140.0°W ω=130.9°W ω=121.9°W

 

13:00   ω=153.8°W ω=144.8°W ω=135.8°W ω=126.8°W

13:20   ω=158.7°W ω=149.7°W ω=140.7°W ω=131.7°W

13:40   ω=163.6°W ω=154.6°W ω=145.6°W ω=136.5°W

 

14:00   ω=168.5°W ω=159.5°W ω=150.4°W ω=141.4°W

14:20   ω=173.3°W ω=164.3°W ω=155.3°W ω=146.3°W

14:40   ω=178.2°W ω=169.2°W ω=160.2°W ω=151.2°W

 

15:00   ω=183.1°W ω=174.1°W ω=165.1°W ω=156.0°W

15:20   ω=188.0°W ω=179.0°W ω=169.9°W ω=160.9°W

15:40   ω=192.8°W ω=183.8°W ω=174.8°W ω=165.8°W

 

16:00   ω=197.7°W ω=188.7°W ω=179.7°W ω=170.7°W

16:20   ω=202.6°W ω=193.6°W ω=184.6°W ω=175.5°W

16:40   ω=207.5°W ω=198.5°W ω=189.4°W ω=180.4°W

 

17:00   ω=212.3°W ω=203.3°W ω=194.3°W ω=185.3°W

17:20   ω=217.2°W ω=208.2°W ω=199.2°W ω=190.2°W

17:40   ω=222.1°W ω=213.1°W ω=204.1°W ω=195.0°W

 

18:00   ω=227.0°W ω=218.0°W ω=208.9°W ω=199.9°W

18:20   ω=231.8°W ω=222.8°W ω=213.8°W ω=204.8°W

18:40   ω=236.7°W ω=227.7°W ω=218.7°W ω=209.7°W

 

19:00   ω=241.6°W ω=232.6°W ω=223.6°W ω=214.5°W

19:20   ω=246.5°W ω=237.5°W ω=228.4°W ω=219.4°W

19:40   ω=251.3°W ω=242.3°W ω=233.3°W ω=224.3°W

NB. The preceding observations were carried out as follows:

Wayne …………20 Mar 2012    ω=147°W

Don …………….21 Mar 2012    ω=146°W

Jim …………….. 21 Mar 2012    ω=153°W

Masatsugu ….…04 Nov 2003    ω=203°W     

Masatsugu……. 07 Nov 2003    ω=203°W

Yukio…………..07 Nov 2003    ω=211°W

Best Regards

Masami MURAKAMI (Director, the OAA Mars Section)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars - March 30th, 03:37ut

Received: 01 Apr 2012 at 09:56 JST

Hi Mr. Minami and Murakami, I am submitting my latest session from the 30th of March still under ideal conditions, Clear Skies.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120330/EMr30Mar12.jpg

Efrain MORALES RIVERA (Aguadilla, PUERTO RICO)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars images 29 march 2012

Received: 01 Apr 2012 at 09:18 JST

Hi all,

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120329/CPl29Mar12.jpg

Here is a new set. Seeing was good.

http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/M2012_03_29-CPE

Results in LRGB were virtually identical to RGB this time. A cloud is escaping from Hellas; this is a repeating cloud that we can see every

day and every Martian year as well. Found it on 1997 and 1999 images!

Best wishes

Christophe PELLIER (Nantes, FRANCE)

 

¤·····Subject: Retardation of the protrusion from the CME passing

Sent: 01 April 2012 at 08:09 JST

Dear Masami,

It seems the golden time of the protrusion must come two days or three days after the passing of the CME storm on Mars.

In Wayne’s case the CME came to the planet on 17 March at about 00:00 and was gone away already on 18 March at 12:00, and hence on 20 March around at 06:00 it is far from the planet. So you should take this retardation into account and should alter the Time Table for the possibility of the next protrusion: The protrusion must be something that should make compensation for a loss which occurred during the CME storm.

With best wishes

Masatsugu MINAMI (Mikuni-Sakai, Fukui, JAPAN)

 

¤·····Subject: Saturn image 30/31 March 2012

Received: 01 Apr 2012 at 08:44 JST

Dear all, I attach Saturn images on 30 and 31March 2012. Seeing was good.

  

There remains a stormy afterimage from last year

Best Wishes

Tomio AKUTSU (Cebu, the PHILIPPINES)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars observation

Received: 01 Apr 2012 at 05:48 JST

Greetings,

 

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120331/JAl31Mar12.jpg

Attached is my latest Mars observation, made through cirrus clouds last night.  The tonal drawing has been uploaded to the New Images File.

Regards,

Jay ALBERT (Lake Worth, FL)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars (March 14-15th, 2012.)

Received: 01 Apr 2012 at 02:0 GMT

Hi all,

Here is the full set from March 14-15th under excellent seeing. The high altitude cloud was captured (cutout inset.)

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120314/DPc14Mar12.jpg

Nice to see how the orographics develop at they approach the limb.

RGB sequence: http://www.damianpeach.com/mars1112/2012_03_14-15rgb.jpg

RGB & Blue Light: http://www.damianpeach.com/mars1112/2012_03_14rgb01.jpg

Best Wishes

Damian PEACH (Selsey, WS, the UK)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars image 31March 2011

Received: 01 Apr 2012 at 00:53 JST

Dear Mr. Minami

  I attach some of Mars images taken on 31 March 2011.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120331/Ak31Mar12.jpg

Best wishes

Tomio AKUTSU (Cebu, the PHILIPPINES)

 

¤·····Subject: Subject: Re: mars this night 22nd

Received: 31 March 2012 23:14 JST

Dear Masami san, I was just speaking about the event occurred last 21st at the north mars area. I am sorry for the disturbance. I feel something was reported obviously on 22nd and aleatory last 23rd from me. This could bring something for the understanding of the phenomena revealed by the US observers for a side limb of Mars reported. Personally this was at the opposite limb of Mars the night after.

To be frank I attributed this to a storm activity (a yellow cloud because brighter under this color) and not to an aurorae activity. However, the 22nd night report remains obvious. Now I understand that this way of report undertaken visually becomes so obsolete, and more and more, that this cannot be considered. I think the notes mentioned on the sketch add something more than the sketch itself. Sorry for the disturbance. Feels that you will not bother of me now with my dozen of color filters.

Regards.

Stanislas MAKSYMOWICZ (Ecquevilly, FRANCE)

 

¤·····Subject: Re: Mars 26-March-2012

Received: 31 Mars 2012 23:09 JST

Hi Dave and Guys,

Thanks for your Mars image.

Here a Mars image from 27/3

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120326/RBs26Mar12.jpg

Regards

 http://www.astrofotografie.nl/

Met vriendelijke groet

Richard BOSMAN (Enschede, the NETHERLANDS)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars images 28 march 2012

Received: 31 Mars 2012 22:19 JST

Hi all,

Some images from last Wednesday.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120328/CPl28Mar12.jpg

Seeing turned better at the end of the session.

http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/M2012_03_28-CPE

Recently I have been experimentalising with LRGB imaging (true LRGB) using of course an atmospheric dispersion corrector (ADC). It seems to deliver increased sharpness, although the processing is quite complicated.

Best wishes,

Christophe PELLIER (Nantes, FRANCE)

 

¤·····Subject: solar images 23-March-2012

Received: 31 Mar 2012 19:52 JST

Hi Guys Time out from Mars. There was a splendid "windsock" prominence on view on this day.

 

The DS image of ar 11438 shows so many different background plasma "cloud" structures, each with their own discreet uniformity, which suddenly changes to a different equally uniform structure. It reminds me of turbulent waters meeting from different sources.

Best wishes

 Dave TYLER (Bucks, the UK)

 www.david-tyler.com

 

¤·····Subject: Mars images 30 March 2012

Received: 31 Mar 2012 18:27 JST

Dear Mr. Minami

 I attach a series of Mars images from 30 March 2012. The seeing and transparency were both good.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120330/Ak30Mar12.jpg

Best Wishes

Tomio AKUTSU (Cebu, the PHILIPPINES)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars 26-March-2012

Received: 31 Mar 2012 17:39 JST

Hi Guys There are many excellent images of Mars in my inbox. It’s good to see them.

Here's a couple of images from me from the 26th, seeing fair.

 http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120326/DTy26Mar12.jpg

Best wishes

Dave TYLER (Bucks, the UK)

 www.david-tyler.com

 

¤·····Subject: Mars 30 March

Received: 31 Mar 2012 12:57 JST

Hi All,

        I have attached some RGB and UV Mars images from 30 March.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120330/DPk30Mar12.jpg

There is a streak across the NPC, partially obscuring the western

half of the cap. This streak joins a small dust cloud located over

the NPC collar. Bright discreet clouds and cloud bands are prominent

over much of the disk.

Best,

Don PARKER (Coral Gables, FL)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars - March 28th, 01:28ut

Received: 31 Mar 2012 12:03 JST

Hi Mr. Minami and Mr Murakami, Here is my latest processed session from the 28th under not so ideal conditions, Clear Skies.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120328/EMr28Mar12.jpg

Efrain MORALES RIVERA (Aguadilla, PUERTO RICO)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars 29 March

Received: 31 Mar 2012 09:51 JST

Hi: Seeing was blurred over last night on 29th: It was totally not good.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120329/SGh29Mar12.jpg

Cheers

Sadegh GHOMIZADEH (Tehran, IRAN)

 

¤·····Subject: Drawing on the Martian southern winter solstice

Received: 31 Mar 2012 00:52 JST

 Dear Dr. Minami, Please find attached my latest drawing of Mars. I do hope the recent terrible seeing improves next week!

 

Clear Skies,

 Reiichi KONNAÏ (Fukushima, JAPAN)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars 2012-03-29

Received: 31 Mar 2012 00:27 JST

Hi. Poor transparency because of a possible fire distant.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120329/CFm29Mar12.jpg

Best regards.

Camilo FUMEGA UCHA (Galicia, SPAIN)

     (Salud y buenos cielos) (Saúde e bos ceos)

www.mipaginapersonal.movistar.es/web3/c1f2u3

            www.ourenseastronomico.org

 

¤·····Subject: Subject: Re: mars this night 22nd

Received: Friday, 30 March 2012 15:55 JST

> Dear sir,

> Just to remind you the below mail regarding this feature away the limb

> captured last 22nd on Mars.

> The report of 22nd is OK and surprised me at the date. This was not

> obvious

> on 23rd.

> There was notes on the sketches that does not appear on the CMO report, the

> event disappeared at 20H35UT that may imply this is rotating with the

> planet.

> Regarding the phenomena reported also by US observers more accurately,

> I think if the aurorae hypothesis is expectable, this is not a localised

> event but covering a large surface area.

> The phenomena from my expectations standed in yellow and above colors, not

> in the blue and green portions.

> The images were very good, not perfect quoted 8/10 at best moments.

> Faithfully

Stanislas MAKSYMOWICZ (Ecquevilly, FRANCE)

> 2012/3/22 stanislas maksymowicz <stsma78@gmail.com>

>> Dear sir

>>  I think there is something strange north of sinus meridiani and pandorae

>> fretum and northern area.

>> I captured something away the limb of the planet corresponding to bright

>> patch in yellow light surrounded on the disk to a yellow cloud occulting

>> the features.

>> This is probably a dust cloud storm that I didn't collect last time the

>> 21st.

>> However on 21st there was not the pattern accessible as this night. This

>> night with a similar CM the patch is difficult to see at the first look.

>> Nevertheless, some drawings here in different colors of this yellow

>> cloud.

>> I will try to-morrow to see if the limb will provide this strange anomaly

>> again as shown this night.

>> For your perusal.

>> This needs a narrow follow-up.

>> That recall me the events of 1981 opposition , this is similar.

>> We will see.

>> Faithfully

>> Stanislas

 

¤·····Subject: Mars 29-Mar-2012

Received: 30 Mar 2012 17:18 JST

Hi all,

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120329/ISp29Mar12.jpg

Seeing only fair last night. Syrtis Major creeping further on.

http://tinyurl.com/ccbv4bp

Regards

Ian SHARP (Ham, WS, the UK)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars: March 29, 2012

Received: 30 Mar 2012 13:50 JST

All - I have attached my latest image of Mars March 29, 2012 at 3:46 UT to be posted.

 http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120329/FMl29Mar12.jpg

The Equatorial Cloud Band (ECB) is quite impressive in spite of the below average seeing condition.

 Thanks,

Frank J MELILLO (Holtsville, NY)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars 26 march

Received: 30 Mar 2012 04:51 JST

Hi. At this night 26th weather was partly cloudy and skies & atmosphere were unstable .

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120326/SGh26Mar12.jpg

 B.W

 Sadegh GHOMIZADEH (Tehran, IRAN)

 

¤·····Subject: Subject: Mars observations from 25th until 28th

Received: Friday, 30 March 2012 02:41 JST

> Dear sir,

> Here are some observations about Venus and Mars for the period 25-28th.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120325/SMk25Mar12.jpg

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120326/SMk26Mar12.jpg

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120327/SMk27Mar12.jpg

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120328/SMk28Mar12.jpg

> The seeing was not negligible and it was a fight to capture on Mars.

> For your perusal.

> I have enclosed the overall documents scanned (named "Venus-Mars ...."),

> there are some notes on, this is for your personal use not for the

> publication.

> Have good receipt of the present mail.

> Faithfully

Stanislas MAKSYMOWICZ (Ecquevilly, FRANCE)

 

¤·····Subject: Re: Another projection in due course?

Received: 30 Mar 2012 0115 JST

Mr. Minami, Thank you for forwarding this information.  I will certainly follow-up with my colleagues to obtain observations to the extent possible during the passage of the energetic solar particles and let you know our results.  I will identify the locations on Earth where observation of the CM where prior images were obtained will be most favorable.

Best regards,

Wayne JAESCHKE (West Chester, PA)

http://exosky.net/exosky

 

¤·····Subject: Expectation Times of the protrusion

Received: 29 Mar 2012 22:17 JST

Dear Masatsugu and all, According to the following predicted animated activity of CME on the Sun:

http://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov/downloads/20120327_012900_anim.tim-den.gif

we can derive the following as a Time Table of the expectation when we may catch the projection phenomenon. The CME itself is considered to reach the Mars orbit on around 4 Apr or 5 Apr. Note so that we should be on the watch for the magnetic area of Electris - Eridania – Ausonia - Hellas region at dawn.

 

 GMT     2 Apr                                                    

10:00  ω=136.9°W      3 Apr                                     

10:20  ω=141.8°W                                           

10:40  ω=146.6°W    ω=137.7°W       4 Apr                       

11:00  ω=151.5°W    ω=142.6°W                             

11:20  ω=156.4°W    ω=147.4°W     ω=138.5°W         5 Apr        

11:40  ω=161.3°W    ω=152.3°W     ω=143.3°W                           6 Apr

12:00  ω=166.1°W    ω=157.2°W     ω=148.2°W     ω=139.2°W         

12:20  ω=171.0°W    ω=162.1°W     ω=153.1°W     ω=144.1°W    ω=135.1°W

12:40  ω=175.9°W    ω=166.9°W     ω=158.0°W     ω=149.0°W    ω=140.0°W

13:00  ω=180.8°W    ω=171.8°W     ω=162.8°W     ω=153.8°W    ω=144.8°W

13:20  ω=185.6°W    ω=176.7°W     ω=167.7°W     ω=158.7°W    ω=150.0°W

13:40  ω=190.5°W    ω=181.6°W     ω=172.6°W     ω=163.6°W    ω=154.6°W

14:00  ω=195.4°W    ω=186.4°W     ω=177.5°W     ω=168.5°W    ω=159.5°W

14:20  ω=200.3°W    ω=191.3°W     ω=182.3°W     ω=173.3°W    ω=164.3°W

14:40  ω=205.1°W    ω=196.2°W     ω=187.2°W     ω=178.2°W    ω=169.2°W

15:00  ω=210.0°W    ω=201.1°W     ω=192.1°W     ω=183.1°W    ω=174.1°W

15:20  ω=214.9°W    ω=205.9°W     ω=197.0°W     ω=188.0°W    ω=179.0°W

15:40  ω=219.8°W    ω=210.8°W     ω=201.8°W     ω=192.8°W    ω=183.8°W

16:00  ω=224.6°W    ω=215.7°W     ω=206.7°W     ω=197.7°W    ω=188.7°W

16:20                         ω=220.6°W     ω=211.6°W     ω=202.6°W    ω=193.6°W

16:40                         ω=225.4°W     ω=216.5°W     ω=207.5°W    ω=198.5°W

17:00                                                 ω=221.3°W     ω=212.3°W    ω=203.3°W

17:20                                                 ω=226.2°W     ω=217.2°W    ω=208.2°W

17:40                                                                        ω=222.1°W    ω=213.1°W

18:00                                                                        ω=227.0°W    ω=218.0°W

18:20                                                                                               ω=222.8°W

18:40                                                                                               ω=227.7°W

 

NB. The preceding observations were carried out as follows:

Wayne …………20 Mar 2012    ω=147°W

Don …………….21 Mar 2012    ω=146°W

Jim …………….. 21 Mar 2012    ω=153°W

Masatsugu ….…04 Nov 2003    ω=203°W     

Masatsugu……. 07 Nov 2003    ω=203°W

Yukio…………..07 Nov 2003    ω=211°W

Best Regards

Masami MURAKAMI (Director, the OAA Mars Section)

 

¤·····Subject: Re: Re: Proposals of notes for ISMO

Received: 29 Mar 2012 17:29 JST

Dear Masatsugu,

My ideas of notes would suit better the post-apparition notes, I think, from what you say - they're not generalist, even if I like to call data from other periods for comparison purposes.

I'm going to propose a different thing for a more rapid publication : recently I have been experimentating the LRGB method for imaging Mars along with RGB, and I will write something on my experience. I think it would be a good idea to have technical articles about Mars observations as well.

Best wishes,

PS: So here is a list of future ISMO notes on the 2012 apparitions I'm thinking about, but I don't know what kind of topics you have already considered -

- Trend of the Tharsis clouds during the sol (from morning hazes to evening orographics)

- The cloudless northern hemisphere during 2012 apparition (2010 as well here)

- A note to watch if we have detected the frostening of Argyre (when and how)

- Brightening of some Martian relief because of the opposition effect (Tharsis/Elysium)

- of course a note on the frostening of Hellas, this one should have a strong comparative dimension (with 2010, 1997, 1999)

Christophe PELLIER (Nantes, FRANCE)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars 28-Mar-2012 Good Seeing

Received: 29 Mar 2012 17:17 JST

Hi all,

Much better seeing last night.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120328/ISp28Mar12.jpg

http://tinyurl.com/bvevo7k

Best Regards

Ian SHARP (Ham, WS, the UK)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars last night

Received: 29 Mar 15:24JST

Hi everyone,

The seeing last night was very different than what I've been getting lately. There was no flowing water effect when defocusing the planet but rather just non-directional turbulence. The end result, however, was the same mediocre seeing.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120328/SBd28Mar12.jpg

Regards,

Stefan BUDA (Melbourne, AUSTRALIA)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars: March 28, 2012

Received: 29 Mar 2012 15:24 JST

I have posted my latest images March 28, 2012 to be posted. Also, I have included a short animation.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120328/FMl28Mar12.jpg

  Thanks,

 

 Frank J MELILLO (Holtsville, NY)

 

¤·····Subject: Cassini's Latest: Flight by Three Moons 

Received:  Thu 29 Mar 2012 10:11 JST

March 28, 2011

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

Yesterday and early this morning, Cassini completed, in rapid

succession, flybys of three Saturnian moons:  a very close encounter

with Enceladus, and reasonably close flybys of one of the co-orbital

moons, Janus, and its medium-sized moon, Dione. Though we've been in

orbit around Saturn for nearly 8 years now, we still continue to image

these moons for mapping purposes and, in the case of Enceladus, to learn

as much as we can about its famous jets and the subterranean,

organic-rich, salty, liquid water chamber from which we believe they erupt.

Check out our raw, unprocessed images from all three flybys here:

http://www.ciclops.org/view_event/169/Enceladus_Janus_and_Dione_Rev_163_Raw_Preview?js=1

And for my take on just why Enceladus is /the/ place, in all the solar

system, most deserving of immediate flagship-scale investigation, with a

spacecraft properly equipped to address questions about possible life,

here's an interview I gave, published today on the NASA website, for

NASA Science News:

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/27mar_enceladus/

Enjoy!

Carolyn PORCO (Cassini Imaging Team Leader, Boulder, CO)

http://ciclops.org

http://twitter.com/carolynporco

http://www.facebook.com/carolynporco

 

¤·····Subject: Re: Cloudy Mars 28 March

Received:  Thu 29 Mar 2012 04:23 JST

Let's see; cold air drops onto warm air -- is that what you're saying? :)

That's why I selected a place very close to a huge lake and in Florida were

the air is clear, clean and steady.  Of course, hitting the Latoo helps 8-)

Jeff BEISH (We The People)

 

¤·····Subject: Re: Cloudy Mars 28 March

Received:  Thu 29 Mar 2012 04:06 JST

No, our seeing is better because we've gone from a winter weather set up into a summer one. Our temps are around 90f in the daytime and stay around 70 until 10pm or midnight then they drop suddenly to 50. That's when the seeing falls apart.

Love the drawings you're doing. Tip your eye Dr.!

Rik HILL (Tucson, AZ)

 

¤·····Subject: A very cloudy Mars

Received:  Thu 29 Mar 2012 03:52 JST

Hi all,

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120314/DPc14Mar12.jpg

Some preliminary images from March 14th (currently wading through a huge backlog of imagery.)

 Some excellent seeing occurred here on this night (a full set of images will follow in the days ahead) but i wanted to send these first as there is much of note, especially in the high quality B filter image i was able to obtain.

Interesting to note the orographic clouds flanking the volcanoes notably become weaker and fainter the further south in latitude you look with Arsia Mons having only a very small and weak cloud flanking it. Also interesting to note all the orographics flank the western sides of the volcanoes with the Ascraeus cloud being far and away the brightest and largest. Chasma Borealis is nicely seen in the NPC with fragmented outliers.

http://www.damianpeach.com/mars1112/2012_03_14rgb01.jpg

Best Wishes

Damian PEACH (Selsey, the UK)

 

¤·····Subject: Re: Cloudy Mars 28 March

Received:  Thu 29 Mar 2012 03:33 JST

I knew there was a cloud in Chryse and your image confirms it. A stiff breeze blew up and spoiled my view, so I just called a dull cloud or something.  I thought a small cloud was west of the NPC also, and your image has that as well.  You must have observed on top of the mountain instead in the valley with improved seeing, huh? 

Jeff BEISH (We The People)

 

¤·····Subject: Re: Mars 27 March

Received:  Thu 29 Mar 2012 02:28 JST

That's the way retirement otta be! Nice going.

Rik HILL (Tucson, AZ)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars image Ak28Mar12

Received:  Thu 29 Mar 2012 02:23 JST

Dear Mr. Minami

I attach some Mars images on 28 March 2012. Seeing was good, but there was a wind.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120328/Ak28Mar12.jpg

In blue image, there is some of vertical pattern from SPC to center and much of mist along the equatorial zone.

Best wishes,

Tomio AKUTSU (Cebu, the PHILIPPINES)

 

¤·····Subject: Cloudy Mars 28 March

Received:  Thu 29 Mar 2012 02:19 JST

My latest effort in pretty good seeing for my place.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120328/RHl28Mar12.jpg

Rik HILL (Tucson, AZ)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars drawings

Received:  Thu 29 Mar 2012 00:45 JST

 Dear Dr. Minami, Attached here are my latest drawings

of Mars. Seeing was extremely poor, extra-focal Martian

image showed rapidly streaming streaky cold air current

above!

  http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120328/Kn28Mar12.jpg

Good Seeing/Health!

Reiichi KONNAÏ (Fukushima, JAPAN)

 

¤·····Subject: Re: Mars 27 March

Received: Wed 28 Mar 2012 23:36 JST

Except for a few floaters and retina blemishes my eyes are operating great, or as deigned.  The right eye is still a little fuzzy but it seems to be clearing up as time flies by.  Last night while observing Mars I put in a 10-mm EP in my focuser (with a 3× built in Barlow) and 1” extension giving 940×. Seeing was okay with that, so I used an 8-mm for 1180× and the extra globs on my retina got in the way creating some artifacts, often seen on CCD/webcam images, so I backed off.  So, my maximum magnification will be 940×; however, 780× is just right for seeing from 6 to 10.  I only used the 8-mm so to se mere detail in the NPC but the wind started interfering so I forgot that idea.

After observing Mars using setting circles I pointed the 16” over at comet “Garradd” and by a stroke of luck it was in the field of a 26-mm EP that rendering it at 311×.  Wow, am I good or what?   Anyway, after putting in an old Lumicon Deep Sky filter in the 35-mm EP the comet came in with a little more field.  Using color filters I determined where the dust and gas tails were.  Neat comet looks like a fluffy ball cut by a wide ‘V” tail(s).   Bugs went to sleep so a light breeze made observing grandeur oculus pro oculo.

Glad old Parker talked me into going back to observing in real telescopes instead of virtual ones.

Jeff BEISH (We The People)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars 2012/03/27-Kumamori

Received: Wed 28 Mar 2012 21:18 JST

M MINAMI-sama; I expected the seeing became better because the high pressure approached us, but unfortunately a bit only better compared with the time the winter-type configuration prevailed. I suppose still the unstable atmosphere continues here.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120327/Km27Mar12.jpg

Best regards,

Teruaki KUMAMORI (Sakai-Osaka, JAPAN)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars 2012-03-27

Received: Wed 28 Mar 2012 19:08 JST

Hi. My Mars on 2012-03-27 with a regular seeing .

I can only send my images to this address, the other address is rejected by my server. Please excuse

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120327/CFm27Mar12.jpg

Best regards.

Camilo FUMEGA UCHA (Galicia, SPAIN)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars Image 27-Mar-2012

Received: Wed 28 Mar 2012 19:02 JST

Hi all, An image from last night with rather jittery seeing. Mars now under 13" again!

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120327/ISp27Mar12.jpg

http://tinyurl.com/d3kne4t

Best Regards

Ian SHARP (Ham, WS, the UK)

 

¤····· Subject: Protrusion Alert!!

Received: Wed 28 Mar 2012 15:01 JST

Dear Masatsugu and all,

AR #1429 which now at the rear side of the Sun seems to have emitted a CME on 26 March. See the following animation:

http://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov/downloads/20120327_012900_anim.tim-den.gif

It is possible that the Solar Wind reaches again the planet Mars and for us to encounter with another auroral-like protrusion around 9 ~10 days after (compare with the animation given by Wayne below on 26 March).

 With best wishes,

Masami MURAKAMI (Fujisawa, JAPAN)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars 2012-03-26-23-47-38 UT

Received:  Wed 28 Mar 2012 13:39 JST

Hi all,

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120326/SKw26Mar12.png

here my Mars from Monday evening. Conditions have been average, seeing was stable at 4-5/10. Focussing was a bit easier than the morning before, where I had to wait very long for a stable phase.

3 more sequences after midnight UT wait to be processed...

Cheers

Silvia KOWOLLIK (Ludwigsburg, GERMANY)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars 27 March

Received:  Wed 28 Mar 2012 12:19 JST

Hi All,

        I have attached some RGB Mars images from 27 March. The peaks of the

four Tharsis volcanoes appear reddish above the cloud deck. Again,

the Ascraeus cloud is brilliant.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120327/DPk27Mar12.jpg

        The seeing was fair to poor, since a cold front had just passed.

Humidity was down to 21%, giving me a nosebleed. :-)

Best,

Don PARKER (Coral Gables, FL)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars from 18th March 2012

Received:  Wed 28 Mar 2012 08:19 JST

Hi, Mars from 18th March in moderate seeing, again showing interesting morning mists over Tharsis region and a curious darker 'tadpole' feature seeming to connect the three Tharsis volcanoes.

 http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120318/MLw18Mar12.jpg

Best wishes,

Martin LEWIS (St Albans, UK)

www.skyinspector.co.uk

 

¤·····Subject: Mars March 26th

Received:  Wed 28 Mar 2012 08:04 JST

Colleagues

 Good seeing in the UK last night for Mars.

 http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120326/MMr26Mar12.jpg

Regards

Martin MORGAN-TAYLOR (Leicester, the UK)

 

¤·····Subject: RE: Re: About the Auroral Protrusion

Received:  Wed 28 Mar 2012 07:37 JST

Mr. Minami,

I wanted to bring this to your attention:

http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMLQ71DU8E_index_0.html

This article from the ESA mentions the observation of auroral activity at

approximately the same location of my observations of the Mars phenomena -

190E and 43S.

 

"SPICAM detected light emissions in the southern hemisphere on Mars, during

night-time observations in the region corresponding to 177? East and 52?

South. The total size of the emission region is about 30 km across, possibly

about 8 km high."

 

Further, I have mentioned this possibility to a researcher at the Space

Science Institute and am hopeful that we can obtain resources from NASA

(preferably the Hubble, but that will depend on the availability of other

resources) to image Mars at a time when a large CME is going to impact the

planet.

I hope you find it helpful.

Regards,

Wayne JAESCHKE (West Chester, PA)

 

¤·····Subject: Prom today

Received:  Wed 28 Mar 2012 05:28 JST

In the past weekend I’ve “moded” a 60mm f/11 achromatic refractor to accommodate my PST which became now a 60mm f/11 “moded” PST .

This is the first light, I’m very pleased with the first impressions, I never reached this resolution with the original PST, I can hardly wait for the second round with it.

http://www.astrosurf.com/pcasquinha/prom120327.jpg

Regards

Paulo CASQUINHA (PORTUGAL)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars 25 March

Received:  Wed 28 Mar 2012 05:10 JST

Hi My Guys, On 25th March in Tehran was especial night when the seeing was good & atmosphere was Very good. You can see more  details: Syrtis Major Planum & of Brazos Valles & another.

 http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120325/SGh25Mar12.jpg

Best Wishes,

Sadegh GHOMIZADEH (Tehran, IRAN)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars March 24th

Received:  Wed 28 Mar 2012 04:16 JST

Hi All, Good conditions. Interesting radial patterns on the mist and terrain around Ascraeus Mons.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120324/SKd24Mar12.jpg

Regards

Simon KIDD (Welwyn, Herts, the UK)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars images Ak25Mar12

Received: Tue 27 Mar 2012 18:35 JST

Dear Mr. Minami, I attach Mars images on 25 March 2012.  Seeing was good.

 http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120325/Ak25Mar12.jpg

Best Wishes

Tomio AKUTSU (Cebu, the PHILIPPINES)

 

¤·····Subject: Re: Hellas in the Martian last year

Received: Tue 27 Mar 2012 17:10 JST

Dear Reiichi, Nice document! It looks like the frostening of Hellas does happen just on the winter solstice every Martian year, although we would have to look for differences if they exist. Attached is a montage I made for planètes-SAF with HST images from 1997, with two images taken apart in 20 days only (Ls 89 and Ls 98). The phenomenon must be quite rapid (the montage contains as well an image of the frosten Argyre, that might happen earlier, but is quite more difficult to watch from the Earth: again a future subject for an ISMO note)

Christophe PELLIER (Nantes, FRANCE)

 

¤·····Subject: Hellas in the Martian last year

Received: Tue 27 Mar 2012 16:54 JST

Dear Dr. Minami, all, I am attaching an interesting ESA/MEX/VMC image showing Hellas in the Martian last year, season of which almost the same as now. For the terrestrial Mars observers it was in the later last apparition when the planet had been going far to be smaller. You can find many informative images on the released VMC images including the ones showing the region around “Wayne's Cloud” in a similar season.

 Good Seeing with Excellent Scopes!

 Reiichi KONNAÏ (Fukushima, JAPAN)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars 24-March-2012

Received: Tue 27 Mar 2012 16:28 JST

Hi Guys Here are a trio of images from the decent seeing of the 24th, showing Mare Acidalium etc climbing out of the morning mists.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120324/DTy24Mar12.jpg

Best wishes

Dave TYLER (Bucks, the UK)

 www.david-tyler.com

 

¤·····Subject: Mars, 23 and 25 March

Received: Tue 27 Mar 2012 14:10 JST

Dear all, A couple of new Mars images from the 23rd and 25th with the new TIS camera. Ascraeus Mons peaks through the cloud deck nicely on the first date.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120325/JWr25Mar12.jpg

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120323/JWr23Mar12.jpg

All the best,

Johan WARELL (Skivarp, SWEDEN)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars - March 20, 2012 - Animation...

Received:  Tue 27 Mar 2012 09:14 JST

Had some time on hand and made some Mars animations. Nothing special, Just an animation in RED - IR and Color.

  

(See also: http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120320/FWl20Mar12.jpg  Ed)

Freddy WILLEMS (Waipahu, HI)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars 25-March-2012

Received:  Tue 27 Mar 2012 07:21 JST

Dear Masatsugu,

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120325/WFl25Mar12.jpg

Attached is a set of images of Mars on March 25th at 04:52 UT.  Lots of clouds are showing over Tharsis and Nix Olymica. Chryse is also very bright and appears to be covered with clouds on the terminator.  The clouds and ECB were easily visible when I made some visual observations that night.

I hope we get some more clear skies here.  I'm still struggling with the seeing on most nights and I'm anxiously waiting for that one excellent night here before Mars gets too much smaller.

Best wishes,

Bill FLANAGAN (Houston, TX)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars 2012-03-26-00-14-15 UT

Received:  Tue 27 Mar 2012 02:40 JST

Hi; here my Mars from this morning. Seeing was tricky, very short moments with 6/10, but long times only 3-4/10. A lot of colour sequences went wrong, but at least I could capture a whole sequence under stable conditions at 4-5/10...

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120326/SKw26Mar12.png

Cheers

Silvia KOWOLLIK (Ludwigsburg, GERMANY)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars images (March 11-12th 2012.)

Received:  Tue 27 Mar 2012 00:08 JST

Hi all, The first of many nights of images so far this month. Very good seeing for this session.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120311/DPc11Mar12.jpg

Brilliant orographics over Tharsis and OM. Only one side of OM is flanked by clouds which trail off to the west. Delicate ECB straddles the equator. into dense haze over Elysium.

RGB: http://www.damianpeach.com/mars1112/2012_03_11-12rgb.jpg

Blue Light: http://www.damianpeach.com/mars1112/2012_03_11blue.jpg

Best Wishes

Damian PEACH (Selsey, the UK)

 

¤·····Subject: Saturn S120325

Received: Mon 26 Mar 2012 17:59 JST

Hi all,   I attach a set of Saturnian images on 25 March 2012. Seeing and transparency were good.

 

The northern hemisphere of Saturn seems to still have remnants of the storm from the last year.

Best Wishes

Tomio AKUTSU (Cebu, the PHILIPPINES)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars images Ak22Mar12 Ak23Mar Ak24 Mar12

Received: Mon 26 Mar 2012 13:35 JST

Dear Mr. Minami

I attach new Mars images on 22, 23, 24 March 2012. 

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120322/Ak22Mar12.jpg

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120323/Ak23Mar12.jpg

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120324/Ak24Mar12.jpg

Best Wishes

Tomio AKUTSU (Cebu, the PHILIPPINES)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars 24 March

Received: Mon 26 Mar 2012 11:52 JST

Hi All,

        http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120324/DPk24Mar12.jpg

I have attached some RGB and UV Mars images from 24 March, Numerous

bright clouds seen over Tharsis and Candor. The Ascraeus cloud was

very bright, and the peaks of Ascraeus and Olympus Montes were seen

flanked by clouds.

Best,

Don PARKER (Coral Gables, FL)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars Visual Observing Report

Received: Mon 26 Mar 2012 10:42 JST

Greetings,

I’ve had a few attempts to observe Mars recently where I had to abort the session because the seeing wasn’t good enough for me to clearly see sufficient detail on that little disk.  I returned home from a two night star party our astronomy club held in Venus, Florida this weekend.  Friday night was a great night for deep sky observing.  I sketched Comet Garradd and M95 with its supernova and enjoyed great low power views of galaxies, nebulae and star clusters, including the fabulous Omega Centauri globular.  The seeing, however, was so poor that the only feature I could sometimes clearly see on Mars was the north polar cap.  The sky wasn’t so transparent on Saturday night, but the seeing was better, despite the windy conditions.  The sky was hazy, with lots of clouds off to the east, west and north, but I was able to observe Mars in a large sucker hole around the zenith.  I was able to see coarse detail only during moments when the wind died down and I alternated views at 224x and 311x.  I was unable to use my 400x eyepiece and that kept the image scale smaller than I would have liked.  To improve the image for scanning into my computer, I made the drawing darker with more contrast than it actually looked in the eyepiece.  I think I overdid it in this case and will back off a bit the next time.  The separate tonal drawing has been uploaded to the New Images file.  This is the most difficult Mars apparition I have experienced.

Regards,

Jay ALBERT (Lake Worth, FL)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars, March 20, 2012 - Better seeing conditions

Received: Mon 26 Mar 2012 09:57 JST

Got some better then average seeing conditions on March 20, 2012.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120320/FWl20Mar12.jpg

I guess capturing Wayne's Icy Cloud is not for here, no special features, just clouds and haze. The bright cloud (spot) looks like a reflection of the Sun on a Martian Cloud. On the RGB image you can see a layer of thin haze covering the East side. Also include a Red and IR742 images to compare.

Freddy WILLEMS (Waipahu, HI)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars March 25th 2012 at 05:12 UT

Received: Mon 26 Mar 2012 04:23 JST

Hi Masami and Masatsugu

A March 25th image of Mars taken at 05:12 UT from Houston Texas, can be seen at:

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120325/EGf25Mar12.jpg

http://www.egrafton.com/03-25-12.jpg

Ed GRAFTON (Houston, TX)

 

¤·····Subject: RE: Re: About the Auroral Protrusion

Received: Mon 26 Mar 2012 02:35 JST

Dear Minami-san,

 

I think there is a great deal of consistency between this theory and the observations from the time period.

 

Attached is a map I created showing the estimated location of the observed cloud, based on my own and Don Parker's images.  Please note the location of the observation is only approximate, due to the difficulties of measuring phenomena so close to the limb of the planet, due to sharpening and other factors that can alter the limb during image processing.  However, we think this is close and the measurement was provided by Damian Peach of 190.5 degrees by 43.5 degrees south.  I note that the location of the observation corresponds to one of the strongest areas of crustal magnetism on Mars!

 

Further, here is a link to the projected CME path of an M7-class flare emitted by giant sunspot AR1429 on about March 13, possibly suggesting that the "peak" observations noted by Don Parker and myself were the result of the recent, or concurrent passage of a large CME and high solar wind activity that Mars would have been experiencing.

 

http://iswa.gsfc.nasa.gov/downloads/20120313_185500_anim.tim-den.gif

 

If we are lucky enough to have another CME that will affect Mars in the near-future, perhaps we can provide an observation alert to amateurs and professionals to obtain data and see if we notice a increase in visibility of the phenomena at a time consistent with the passage of a CME or increase in solar wind at the location.

 

I am very interested to learn more of your theory as well as your analysis of the information I have provided.

 

With best regards,

Wayne JAESCHKE (West Chester, PA)

 

¤·····Subject: Mo21Mar_12

Received: Mon 26 Mar 2012 02:27 JST

M MINAMI-sama; Here is one set from 21 March. Seeing was rather stable, and the area of Syrtis Mj was well seen. The brightness of Hellas is not uniform.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120321/Mo21Mar12.jpg

Today it is sometimes bright but it sleets sometimes, and so next opportunity will come after tomorrow.

Yukio MORIRA (Hatsuka-ichi, Hiroshima, JAPAN) 

 

¤·····Subject: Don Bates Mars Image 03/25/2012 - Houston TX USA -

Received: Mon 26 Mar 2012 02:07:09 JST

Hello all,

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120325/DBt25Mar12.jpg

250 L ToUcam (no IR) f/ 27 06:29 UT Seeing 3/5

Cheers,

Donald R BATES (Houston, TX)

 

¤·····Subject: Re: Mars Image 24-Mar-2012

Received: Sun 25 Mar 2012 22:37 JST

Hi all, Seeing not as good as the 23rd, so a 'softer' image here.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120324/ISp24Mar12.jpg

http://tinyurl.com/75mvwzn

Regards

Ian SHARP (Ham, WS, the UK)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars images 24 march 2012

Received: Sun 25 Mar 2012 22:13 JST

Hi all; Average seeing at best last night. The easterly is installed for the whole week so I must expect very poor seeing all long.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120324/CPl24Mar12.jpg

http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/M2012_03_24-CPE

Regards

Christophe PELLIER (Nantes, FRANCE)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars, 2012-03-24 22:52 UT CM 45.4

Received: Sun 25 Mar 2012 21:58 JST

Hi everyone, Having just got back from a long and rather exhausting couple of weeks chasing the Aurora Borealis, it was good to sit down and take in some planetary views once again. The seeing last night was a bit jittery but Registax has, once again, come to the rescue...

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120324/PLw24Mar12.jpg

Best regards,

Pete LAWRENCE (Selsey, WS, the UK)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars - March 24th, 03:03ut

Received: Sun 25 Mar 2012 15:00 JST

Hi Mr. Minami and Mr. Murakami, Here is my latest session from the 24th of march only managed two sets before the rain; Clear Skies.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120324/EMr24Mar12.jpg

Efrain MORALES RIVERA (Aguadilla, PUERTO RICO)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars: March 24, 2012

Received: Sun 25 Mar 2012 14:18 JST

Hi - I have attached my latest image of Mars March 24, 2012 at 3:35 UT to be posted.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120324/FMl24Mar12.jpg

Thanks,

Frank J MELILLO (Holtsville, NY)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars March 21, 2012 Average seeing.

Received: Sun 25 Mar 2012 13:00 JST

Weather is parked over this island I guess, rain, clouds and heavy winds.

Still trying to get a decent Mars before it's gone. It's nice to see how the

IR cuts though the seeing.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120321/FWl21Mar12.jpg

Freddy WILLEMS (Waipahu, HI)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars 2012/03/24-Kumamori

Received: Sun 25 Mar 2012 09:51 JST

M MINAMI-sama, Yesterday the weather remained unstable with strong wind. Delayed to be aware the sky showed a lull, I got just one set.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120324/Km24Mar12.jpg

Best wishes

Teruaki KUMAMORI (Sakai-Osaka, JAPAN)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars 18-March-2012

Received: Sun 25 Mar 2012 04:55 JST

Hi Guys  Seeing was not bad for the hot channels . Plenty of cloud and mist, with the volcano's showing through.

 http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120318/DTy18Mar12.jpg

Best wishes

 Dave TYLER (Bucks, the UK)

 www.david-tyler.com

 

¤·····Subject: Mars March 23rd

Received: Sun 25 Mar 2012 03:54 JST

Hi All,  Last night was a little better for seeing.

 http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120323/SKd23Mar12.jpg

Cheers

Simon KIDD (Welwyn, the UK)

 

¤·····Subject: Saturn images,

Received: Sun 25 Mar 2012 02:24 JST

Hi all, here my first Saturn images of the season.

http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/S2012_03_20-CPE

All images made with WinJupos.

Best regards

Christophe PELLIER (Nantes, FRANCE)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars Mo19Mar_12

Received: Sun 25 Mar 2012 00:31 JST

  M MINAMI-sama; Just finished in processing two sets of Mars images from 19 March. I continue to do about those on 20 Mar and 21 Mar.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120319/Mo19Mar12.jpg

Best wishes

Yukio MORITA (Hatsuka-ichi, Hiroshima, JAPAN)

 

¤·····Subject: Venus and Mars last 23rd

Received: Sat 24 March 2012 23:00 JST

> Dear sir,

> I tried again last night at times in order to cover the same conditions of

> mars looking than the night before.

> What I can say.

> - I did not see some altitude cloud,

> - it remains this yellow patch rather on the pole limb the brightest color

> being yellow, yesterday night on Noachis,

> - something seems to cover the Noachis area and Pandorae Fretum area.

> - Hellas exhibited hazy whitish.

> The area on controversy is indeed with low contrasted features before this

> (Deucalionis) but the yellowish aspect is here.

> Globally the images were not at the same quality level than before

> yesterday

> and the event presented less conspicuousness.

> I covered from 18H50UT with the 200mm until 20h00 -20H55UT with the 300mm.

> Less conspicuous. On the patch a brighter dot on the limb visible in

> green

> yellow red colors, that may involve the vision of a high altitude cloud at

> the limb by glaring effect. With the 305mm this was not seen but the

> brighter dot yes.

> Deucalionis was seen by transparency.

> For your perusal.

> Have good receipt of the present mail.

> Faithfully.

Stanislas MAKSYMOWICZ (Ecquevilly, FRANCE)

 

¤·····Subject: RE: Don Bates Mars Image 03/24/2012 - Houston TX USA -

Received: Sat 24 Mar 2012 23:45 JST

Haikei M Minami, M Murakami:

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120324/DBt24Mar12.jpg

Negative observation of the anomaly reported in Sky and Telescope at location 190.5 W; 43.7 S. This image seems to be taken just prior to rotation of anomaly into view, or negative observation. Anomaly not seen on terminator.

250 L

f/27

Toucam pro (no IR)

Keigu,

Donald R BATES (Houston, TX)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars 2012.03.23

Received: Sat 24 Mar 2012 21:49 JST

Hi all,

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120323/MDc23Mar12.jpg

Under bad seeing, only IR image got out ok:

http://astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/m20120323-MDe.jpg

 Marc DELCROIX (Tournefeuille, FRANCE)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars Image 23-Mar-2012 - great seeing

Received: Sat 24 Mar 2012 19:36 JST

Hi all, Great seeing last night. Here's an RGB Mars image.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120323/ISp23Mar12.jpg

http://tinyurl.com/6upekml

Is that Olympus Mons poking through the clouds on the limb?

Best Regards

Ian SHARP (Ham, WS, the UK) 

 

¤·····Subject: Mars - March 19, 2012 - average seeing

Received: Sat 24 Mar 2012 18:53 JST

Not so great captures, didn't realize that the gamma setting was offset while capturing...

Only took one set, didn't include RGB, Red channel looks to bad.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120319/FWl19Mar12.jpg

Freddy WILLEMS (Waipahu, HI)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars: March 23, 2012

Received: Sat 24 Mar 2012 14:35 JST

Hi - I have attached my latest images of Mars March 23, 2012 to be posted.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120323/FMl23Mar12.jpg

Thanks,

Frank J MELILLO (Holtsville, NY)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars 23 March

Received: Sat 24 Mar 2012 10:44 JST

Hi: Unstable atmosphere & average seeing while I could take one picture of Mars. PLS see it.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120323/SGh23Mar12.jpg

Best Wishes

Sadegh GHOMIZADEH (Tehran, IRAN)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars - March 23rd, 02:41ut

Received: Sat 24 Mar 2012 02:55 JST

Hi Mr. Minami and Mr. Murakami, Here are my observations and a short one (lots of rain) from this morning on the 23rd, Clear Skies.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120323/EMr23Mar12.jpg

Efrain MORALES RIVERA (Aguadilla, PUERTO RICO)

 

¤·····Subject: Recent Activity of the Sun 

Received: Fri 23 Mar 2012 22:43 JST

Dear Masatsugu,

 I picked out the flares which exceeded M-class and the explosions of CME from 1 February from the following Web Site

http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ftpmenu/indices/events.html

 On 7 Feb there occurred an X5.4 flare, and the CMEs were observed later at AR#11429 as follows.

With best regards

Masami MURAKAMI (Fujisawa, JAPAN)

-------------------------

Note that it was calm in February:

#Event    Begin    Max       End  Obs  Q  Type  Loc/Frq   Particulars

Reg#

#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Mar17

3410       2032   2039      2042  G15  5   XRA  1-8A      M1.3    3.6E-03

1434

Mar15

3220       0723   0752      0808  G15  5   XRA  1-8A      M1.8    2.2E-02

1432

Mar14

3130       1508   1521      1536  G15  5   XRA  1-8A      M2.8    2.9E-02

1432

Mar13

3060 +     1712   1741      1825  G15  5   XRA  1-8A      M7.9    2.4E-01

1429

3040      B1736   ////      1930  SOH  3   CME  XUV,EUV,UV305-304/FS1898

1429

Mar10

2560       1715   1744      1830  G15  5   XRA  1-8A      M8.4    2.6E-01

1429

2560      B1805   ////     A2218  SOH  4   CME  XUV,EUV,UV309-308/FS1037

11429

Mar 09

2310       0322   0353      0418  G15  5   XRA  1-8A      M6.3    1.3E-01

1429

2310      B0414   ////      0835  SOH  2   CME  XUV,EUV,UV292-291/FS863

1429

Mar 07

1920       0002   0024      0040  G15  5   XRA  1-8A      X5.4    6.7E-01

1429

1920      B0024   ////     A0318  SOH  3   CME  XUV,EUV,UV052-051/FS2405

1429

1930       0105   0114      0123  G15  5   XRA  1-8A      X1.3    1.5E-01

1430

Mar 06

1530       0022   0028      0031  G15  5   XRA  1-8A      M1.3    3.7E-03

1429

1570       0136   0144      0150  G15  5   XRA  1-8A      M1.2    5.9E-03

1429

1630       0401   0405      0408  G15  5   XRA  1-8A      M1.0    2.6E-03

1429

1700       0752   0755      0800  G15  5   XRA  1-8A      M1.0    2.7E-03

1429

1760 +     1223   1241      1254  G15  5   XRA  1-8A      M2.1    2.2E-02

1429

1880       2104   2111      2114  G15  5   XRA  1-8A      M1.3    4.9E-03

1900       2249   2253      2311  G15  5   XRA  1-8A      M1.0    9.7E-03

1429

Mar 05

1140       0230   0409      0443  G15  5   XRA  1-8A      X1.1    3.7E-01

1429

1430       1910   1916      1921  G15  5   XRA  1-8A      M2.1    7.8E-03

1429

1440       1927   1930      1932  G15  5   XRA  1-8A      M1.8    2.7E-03

1429

Mar 04

 900       1029   1052      1216  G15  5   XRA  1-8A      M2.0    9.2E-02

1429

 900      B1100   ////     A1542  SOH  4   CME  XUV,EUV,UV052-050/FS1362

1429

Mar 02

 610       1729   1746      1807  G15  5   XRA  1-8A      M3.3    4.9E-02

1429

Feb 24

 180      B0346   ////     A1010  SOH  4   CME  XUV,EUV,UV315-314/FS593

Feb 23

  90      B0812   ////      1718  SOH  4   CME  XUV,EUV,UV207-053/FS553

Feb 06

8930       1931   2000      2017  G15  5   XRA  1-8A      M1.0    1.9E-02

1410

-----------------------------------------------

AR#1429 was seen on the surface from 4 March to 16 March: It passed the CM on 9 March. The following data is from

http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/ftpmenu/forecasts/SRS.html

Nmbr Location  Lo  Area  Z   LL   NN Mag_Type Date

---------------------------------------------------

1429 N18E68   299  0290 Dkc  06   04 Beta-Gamma 04 Mar 

1429 N18E55   300  0700 Dkc  08   08 Beta-Gamma-Delta 05

1429 N17E41   300  0770 Dkc  09   20 Beta-Delta 06

1429 N17E29   298  1120 Dkc  09   25 Beta-Gamma-Delta 07

1429 N17E15   299  1270 Dkc  10   28 Beta-Gamma-Delta 08

1429 N17E01   301  0950 Ekc  12   28 Beta-Gamma-Delta 09

1429 N18W13   302  0900 Ekc  13   21 Beta-Gamma-Delta 10

1429 N18W26   302  0880 Ekc  13   22 Beta-Gamma-Delta 11

1429 N18W38   301  0840 Ekc  13   22 Beta-Gamma-Delta 12

1429 N18W50   299  0380 Ekc  12   14 Beta-Gamma 13

1429 N18W62   299  0410 Ekc  12   12 Beta-Gamma 14

1429 N19W77   300  0320 Eki   13   06 Beta  15

1429 N19W85   295  0090 Dso  04   03 Beta  16

Note: there are images of DTy which were

Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2012 6:18 JST

Subject: AR 1429 activity 6 March 2012

 

¤·····Subject: Mars 20120322 20:36 GMT

Received: Fri 23 Mar 2012 19:23 JST

Hello, I send to you a new picture that I obtained on the night of 22nd March 2012 at 20:36 GMT

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120322/FFn22Mar12.jpg

Telescope Meade LX 90 D=203 mm F.25

DSI III Pro Camera. Red–Blue Filters

Yours sincerely

Francisco José FERNÁNDEZ GOMÉZ (Ourense, SPAIN)

http://www.aristarco.org

 

¤·····Subject: Mars - March 22nd, 04:06ut

Received: Fri 23 Mar 2012 15:15 JST

Hi Mr. Minami and Mr. Murakami, I submit my latest session from the 22nd of March: Terminator protrusion is still evident on the limb S/T is below average, Clear Skies.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120322/EMr22Mar12.jpg

Efrain MORALES RIVERA (Aguadilla, PUERTO RICO)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars images Ak21Mar12

Received:  Fri 23 Mar 2012 13:39 JST

Dear Mr. Minami, I attach two sets of Mars images from 21 March 2012. Transparency was poor.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120321/Ak21Mar12.jpg

Best Wishes

Tomio AKUTSU (Cebu, the PHILIPPINES)

 

¤·····Subject: mars this night 22nd

Received: Friday 23 March 2012 07:11 JST

> Dear sir

> I think there is something strange north of sinus meridiani and pandorae

> fretum and northern area.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120322/SMk22Mar12.jpg

> I captured something away the limb of the planet corresponding to bright

> patch in yellow light surrounded on the disk to a yellow cloud occulting

> the features.

> This is probably a dust cloud storm that I didn't collect last time the

> 21st.

> However on 21st there was not the pattern accessible as this night. This

> night with a similar CM the patch is difficult to see at the first look.

> Nevertheless, some drawings here in different colors of this yellow cloud.

> I will try to-morrow to see if the limb will provide this strange anomaly

> again as shown this night.

> For your perusal.

> This needs a narrow follow-up.

> That recall me the events of the 1981 opposition, this is similar.

> We will see.

> Faithfully

Stanislas MAKSYMOWICZ (Ecquevilly, FRANCE)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars last 21st

Received: Friday, 23 March 2012 02:17 JST

> Dear sir,

> My contribution about Mars 21st.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120321/SMk21Mar12.jpg

> For your perusal.

> Faithfully

Stanislas MAKSYMOWICZ (Ecquevilly, FRANCE)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars from 19th March 2012 (and 11th March rework)

Received:  Fri 23 Mar 2012 09:17:24 JST

Hi, Mars from 19th March in moderate seeing showing the location of the three Tharsis volcanoes and Olympus Mons as holes in the morning mists.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120319/MLw19Mar12.jpg

(Also Mars from 11th reworked since last sent out).

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120311/MLw11Mar12.jpg

Cheers,

Martin LEWIS (St Albans, the UK)

www.skyinspector.co.uk

 

¤·····Subject: Re: Greg Mort and Jon Mort AHCMC Exhibition Invitation

Received:  Fri 23 Mar 2012 07:43 JST

Hi Masatsugu, It's been a long time! I hope very much to get out and acquire some images of Mars this apparition. I recently moved and had to leave my observatory behind until I find a place to set it up again. Fortunately, business has been very good. Staying up late at night is a real challenge after long hours at work! But with all the exciting Mars images I've seen this year, it will be hard to sleep no matter how exhausted I am.

Best,

Ethan ALLEN (Sebastopol, CA)

 

¤·····Subject: Re: Mars 21 March with unusual cloud

Received:  Fri 23 Mar 2012 04:13 JST

Hi all, Upon reviewing my backlog of Mars data still to publish I just discovered i have some very good images of this cloud on the night of March 14th under excellent seeing. Will try and get an image out soonish. The cloud is clearly visible in all filters projecting off the limb.

Damian PEACH (Selsey, WS, the UK)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars 22 March

Received:  Fri 23 Mar 2012 03:29 JST

I got some pretty good seeing last night (8/10)....finally.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120322/RHl22Mar12.jpg

Rik HILL (Tucson, AZ)

 

¤·····Subject: Re: Mars 2012-03-22

Received:  Fri 23 Mar 2012 03:25 JST

Hi Sylvia, Nice images. It's amazing what you have done with an 8-inch scope. It does indeed look like dust. We will have to see if it moves and obscures any features. I doubt that this will happen, since stationary dust clouds are frequent in this region. You have also captured nice NPC details.

Best,

Don PARKER (Coral Gables, FL)

 

¤·····Subject: mars 21 march

Received:  Fri 23 Mar 2012 00:48 JST

Hi,  Average seeing & good atmosphere on 21 march: I took some images. PLS see them.

 http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120321/SGh21Mar12.jpg

Best Wishes

Sadegh GHOMIZADEH (Tehran, IRAN)

 

¤·····Subject: (no subject)

Received: Fri 23 Mar 2012 01:48 JST

Here is a mosaic showing the "plumes" on Mars in the blue channel FYI.

Jim PHILLIPS (Charleston, SC)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars 2012-03-20-01-29-45-ut

Received: Thu 22 Mar 2012 22:48 JST

Hi all, here my Mars image from March 20th.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120320/SKw20Mar12.png

Cheers

Silvia KOWOLLIK (Ludwigsburg, GERMANY)

 

¤·····Subject: Re: [marsobservers] RE: Mars "Wayne's" cloud previous observation on 2012.03.12

Received: Thu 22 Mar 2012 21:21 JST

I would have a very difficult time accepting lightning as a cause, simply

because of the prolonged time of "the event".  The atmosphere of Mars

simply lacks the density for prolonged activity of this nature;

furthermore, lightning near the polar areas would be far less sustainable

over long durations than near the poles in sparse atmospheric conditions.

What appears to be expansion of this "plume" also is evident in images over

a two-three day period also indicative of scattering of a possible dust

debris cloud; separation of the RGB components of some of the fine images

thus obtained by other observers who have posted also reveal a reflectivity

consistent with the Martian dust, and not that of atmospheric phenomena,

which is currently quite active on the planet.

Dr Clay (Arkansas Sky Observatories, AZ)

 

¤·····Subject: RE: Mars "Wayne's" cloud previous observation on 2012.03.12

Received: Thu 22 Mar 2012 21:06 JST

I suspect this is a rare trick of lighting, not a cloud. I measured the position of the

feature in WinJUPOS, and (if I did the measurements correctly) it appears to correspond to

 the highlands that surround the large Martian craters Newton and Copernicus. Thus the

area in question gets sunlight before the surrounding region at only this time of year.

Additionally, its appearance is exaggerated due to sharpening; the area of our planetary

images most distorted by sharpening is the limb.

The trick of lighting also explains its appearance in all wavelengths from near-IR to

Blue.

I could be wrong, so feel free to poke holes in my hypothesis.

Sean WALKER (Imaging Editor, Sky & Telescope)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars 2012/03/21-Kumamori

Received: Thu 22 Mar 2012 20:46 JST

 Masatsugu MINAMI sama

  I will write down the phase angle ι henceforth. However no calculation software showing ι is found (except for the CMO):

 http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120321/Km21Mar12.jpg

I tried to use Blue image on L to compose L(Blue)RGB image. I did so because the colour camera gave a different-type colour balance.

With best wishes,

Teruaki KUMAMORI (Sakai-Osaka, JAPAN)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars drawings

Received: Thu 22 Mar 2012 16:52 JST

 Dear Dr. Minami, I am attaching my latest drawings of the red planet's “Exciting (or Imagenic) Side”.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120321/Kn21Mar12.jpg

Good Seeing/Health!

Reiichi KONNAÏ (Fukushima, JAPAN)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars - March 20th, 02:51ut

Received: Thu 22 Mar 2012 15:27 JST

Hi Mr. Minami and Mr. Murakami, Here I send my latest session from march 19th under unfovourable conditions, Clear Skies.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120320/EMr20Mar12.jpg

Efrain MORALES RIVERA (Aguadilla, PUERTO RICO)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars "Wayne's" cloud previous observation on 2012.03.12

Received: Thu 22 Mar 2012 14:37 JST

Dears,

FYI, as mentioned by Christophe Pellier, the zone were the cloud

detected by Wayne on March 20th was well observed by several French

observers (and I am sure by other European observers) a few days before,

showing in simultaneous observations what Christophe pointed to us

already at that time as a suspected high altitude cloud.

Here is the observation I made on March 12th (8 days before Wayne's),

where I measured the feature around 194° longitude / 45° latitude (in

Terra Cimmeria?) :

http://astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/m20120312-MDe.jpg

I also measured Wayne's excellent image 8 days later, where the feature

is bigger, at ~193° longitude / 42° latitude :

http://www.astrosurf.com/planetessaf/mars/images/planches/m20120320g-02h45UT-WJa.jpg

On Don Parker's image the day after, the feature looks way bigger and

elongated, over the same zone:

http://www.astrosurf.com/planetessaf/mars/images/planches/m20120321-03h22UT-DPa.jpg

The evolution of this feature is really interesting to follow!

Sincerely,

Marc DELCROIX (Tournefeuille, FRANCE)

http://astrosurf.com/delcroix

 

¤·····Subject: Re: Mars on 22 March

Received: Thu 22 Mar 2012 13:30 JST

Hi Don,

thanks for your comment.

Here the complete images with the separate colour channels...

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120322/SKw22Mar12.png

This night I could use 1/91 sec. Exposure time with the DMK 31AF03.AS. for

red and green. The blue one I took with 1/60 sec.

This is the first time that I tried so short Exposure times. 2 more

sequences are waiting for processing ...

Cheers

Silvia KOWOLLIK (Ludwigsburg, GERMANY)

 

¤·····Subject: RE: Mars 21 March with unusual cloud

Received: Thu 22 Mar 2012 13:27 JST

Hi Don,

It might be the real thing. I imaged two side by side brilliant white clouds

on 2 Sept 1973 and they weren't near either limb. It looked like a perfect

filled-in 'figure eight'. They were as bright as the SPC!! A PHD graduate

student at the Washington U Earth and Planetary Sciences department remarked

on seeing the images, that it looked like clouds that would be

produced from an icy comet impact. I'll put something together for JALPO.

Best regards,

Jim MELKA (the real ALPO)

 

¤·····Subject: Unusual cloud on the dawn terminator

Received:  Thu 22 Mar 2012 12:39 JST

 Dear all, The lighter protrusion on the dawn

terminator at high southern latitude is very

interesting. In my LtE (in Japanese) on 14 Mar

in the CMO Japanese version I have mentioned the

possible dawn terminator protrusion on MDc’s

image on 12 Mar. 2012 23:07GMT ω=154°W, seems

explicit in RGB and in its each component, as

well as in IR. It is delicate on CFm’s image

taken at 13 minutes before MDc’s. Possible

similar protrusions, I think, can be seen also

on JPp’s image on 14 Mar. 23:28GMT ω=142°W,

and EMr’s one on 19 Mar. 02:31GMT ω=151°W.

  Best Regards,

 Reiichi KONNAÏ (Fukushima, JAPAN)

 

¤·····Subject: Saturn on March 20

Received:  Thu 22 Mar 2012 12:06 JST

Hi all, here is an image of Saturn taken around 3am on the morning of

March 21 (March 20 UTC). Seeing was very good, and a number of clouds

can be seen.

Link:

http://www.acquerra.com.au/astro/gallery/saturn/20120320-161348/large.jpg

regards,

Anthony WESLEY (NSW, AUSTRALIA)

 

¤·····Subject: solar images 19th-March-2012 

Received:  Thu 22 Mar 2012 10:58 JST

Hi Guys this is AR 11434 & AR 11435 FROM THE 19th in IR 742nm and Ha.

   

Best wishes

Dave TYLER (Bucks, the UK)

 www.david-tyler.com

 

¤·····Subject: Trend of morning Tharsis hazes 19 march 2012

Received:  Thu 22 Mar 2012 09:02 JST

Hi all,

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120319/CPl19Mar12.jpg

No strange cloud here but a long following of the Tharsis clouds from last monday evening with 5 RGB sets:

http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/M2012_03_19-20a-CPE

 (RGB)

http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/M2012_03_19-20b-CPE

 (IR/violet)

I made these animations with WinJupos :

http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/animtharsisRGB_20120312

  (color)

http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/animtharsisB_20120312

  (blue light)

This data shows the dissipation of morning hazes in a pair of hour. Of note is a very bright cloud just between Olympus and the Arsia/Pavonis/Ascraeus chain.

Never call this hemisphere "boring" anymore. Call like that the Syrtis Major one:

Best wishes

Christophe PELLIER (Nantes, FRANCE)

 

¤·····Subject: Re: [marsobservers] Re: FW: A very odd feature caught on Mars by an amatuer

Received:  Thu 22 Mar 2012 08:55 JST

Hi all,

I have another reference to add to this X-file ;)

Last summer Reiichi Konnaï pointed to me and Masatsugu Minami that an old HST image was showing a very strange protrusion before evening terminator

http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/HSTmai1997protrusion.jpg

(personal processing ; 17 may 1997, Ls = 120°)

Christophe PELLIER (Nantes, FRANCE)

 

>Le 21/03/2012 23:55, Damian Peach a écrit?:

>Apologies the link should be:

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmomk/2003/031108/My08Nov03.jpg

>Damian PEACH

______________________________

From: Damian Peach

Subject: [marsobservers] Re: FW: A very odd feature caught on Mars by an amatuer

I would still go with this feature being a high altitude cloud of some kind. See this series of images i mentioned earlier by Miyazaki in 2003 showing a very similar feature that we are seeing now:

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmomk/2003/f_image.html

Damian PEACH

 

¤·····Subject: Mars from 11th March and 14th March 2012

Received:  Thu 22 Mar 2012 08:31 JST

Hi, Here are two Mars images from last week showing some nice cloud details.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120311/MLw11Mar12.jpg

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120314/MLw14Mar12.jpg

Cheers,

Martin LEWIS (St Albans, UK)

www.skyinspector.co.uk

 

¤·····Subject: Mars 21 March with unusual cloud

Received:  Thu 22 Mar 2012 07:58 JST

Hi All,

        When I first started processing these images, I was ready to smash

my telescope because of the terminator "defect!". But thanks to

Wayne's great work my scope was spared.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120321/DPk21Mar12.jpg

        This "cloud" on the morning limb is truly extraordinary. Evening

limb orographics are never this high. This feature reminds me of the

SL-9 impact plumes that were carried over the limb of Jupiter in July of

1994. Moreover, it is prominent on the red as well as the blue

channel. At the risk of sounding daft, perhaps it is of impact and

not meteorological origin.

        I agree with Roger Venable that one must take the terminator into

account when determining the height of this cloud. However Mars is

98.4% illuminated now, so the terminator effect is minimal -- the

cloud still has dramatic altitude. Furthermore I have never seen a

cloud like this even when the Tharsis orographics are on the evening

terminator during perihelic apparitions.

        Who said that Mars is boring this year?? :-)

Best,

Don PARKER (Coral Gables, FL)

 

¤·····Subject: Re: Mars 14-March-2012

Received:  Thu 22 Mar 2012 07:36 JST

I came across this interesting feature, I'm not sure you are aware of it but thought it's good to let you know:

http://exosky.net/exosky/?p=1606

Op 20-3-2012 13:00, Dave Tyler schreef:

Hi Guys yet another evening of useful seeing. Although Mars only appears to have rotated the wrong way by 9 degrees, its good to get the processing practice, try new timings, softwares , filters, magnifications and to observe the latest clouds. We only have this short "Mars experience window" every two years. I must write it down for this one! Best Wishes  Dave TYLER

Ralf VANDEBERGH (the NETHERLANDS)

 

¤·····Subject: Impact plume on Mars?

Received:  Thu 22 Mar 2012 07:33 JST

Dear Masatsugu:

A number of American amateurs have imaged a remarkable feature on Mars

during the past two nights (including our esteemed Don Parker) in the

form of a remarkable cloud projecting from the morning limb at a high

(60 degree?) southern latitude. Remarkably, it has grown in size over

the last 24 hours.

 

As Don Parker and I communicated by telephone less than an hour ago,

even orographic clouds on the evening terminator are not this high.

Moreover, the feature reflects appreciably in long wavelengths as well

as short wavelengths and appears to have a dusty component that is

very difficult to reconcile with the location and season.

 

When I first saw the images thought of the famous 1892 observation by

Andrew Ellicott Douglass of a prominent cloud projecting from and

deforming the morning limb, as well as the Antoniadi observations of

the peculiar greyish clouds that he attributed to volcanic ash. But

soon the images of the 1994 SL-9 impact plumes rotating over the

morning limb of Jupiter also came to mind. Given the altitude,

location, and spectral character of these features, I suspect that they

may not have a meteorological origin.

 

Images by Wayne Jaeschke on the first night can be found at:

http://exosky.net/exosky/?p=1606

 

Parker's preliminary image from last night is attached. I am struck by

the extraordinary altitude of this feature, as well as its apparent

detachment from the morning limb.

 

More news to follow soon.

Warmest regards,

Tom DOBBINS (OH or FL, the USA)

 

¤·····Subject: Blue Channel Unusual Feature on Mars

Received:  Thu 22 Mar 2012 06:02 JST

This is the image plus just the blue channel.

 

Jim PHILLIPS (Charleston, SC)

 

¤·····Subject: Unusual Feature on Mars

Received:  Thu 22 Mar 2012 05:21 JST

After seeing an image that showed what appeared to be a large cloud (?) feature on Mars I started processing my images from last night and sure enough I have it on several images. Here is the best so far. I have highlighted the area so it can be seen easily. It is best seen in the blue channel.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120321/JPh21Mar12.jpg

best,

Jim PHILLIPS (Charleston, SC)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars March 20th

Received:  Thu 22 Mar 2012 03:11 JST

Dear All,

 One from last night...moderate seeing but still quite ‘flickery’. The 4 big volcanoes well seen.

 http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120320/SKd20Mar12.jpg

Regards

Simon KIDD (Welwyn, Herts, the UK)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars in February and March

Received:  Thu 22 Mar 2012 00:33 JST

Dear all, Here's a batch of Mars images from the last month. The most recent image (March 19) is the first with my new DBK618 camera - with some more practise on the settings I'm sure the images will get brighter, sharper and more detailed. Wow, what a difference to the ToUCam!

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120225/JWr25Feb12.jpg

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120227/JWr27Feb12.jpg

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120301/JWr01Mar12.jpg

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120303/JWr03Mar12.jpg

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120304/JWr04Mar12.jpg

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120308/JWr08Mar12.jpg

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120313/JWr13Mar12.jpg

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120314/JWr14Mar12.jpg

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120316/JWr16Mar12.jpg

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120319/JWr19Mar12.jpg

All the best,

Johan WARELL (Skivarp, SWEDEN)

 

¤·····Subject: Mars - March 19th, 02:31ut

Received: Wed 21 Mar 2012 22:38 JST

Hi Mr. Minami and Mr. Murakami, Here I send my latest session from March 19th under unfovourable conditions, Clear Skies.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120319/EMr19Mar12.jpg

Efrain MORALES RIVERA (Aguadilla, PUERTO RICO)

 

¤······Subject: Mars – 2012

Received: Wed 21 March 2012

Sent: 12 March 2012 (Air-Mail)

Dear Masatsugu,

 Enclosed my MARS observations to date. Seeing has left a lot to be desired plus new lighting at a local garage has not helped either.

Time is somewhat limited due to my wife’s poor health. Her mobility is limited and my domestic duties are more or less total but we are coping with.

 I have been refilling my astronomical records recently and found I had completed 60 years of records and had just over 15, 000 observations. Of these trough, 11, 000 or so were of the Sun. So much for being a planetary observer.

 Hoping all is well with you and there should be more observations in due course. The MARS BULLETIN is, as always, a joy to read and for which my grateful thanks.

 All Best Wishes

Alan W HEATH (Long Eaton, Nottingham, the UK)

 

¤······Subject: Mars in RGB and IRGB, March 20

Received: Wed 21 March 2012 9:18 JST

> Here are two Mars images from last night - one in the natural RGB and

> the other in IR-G-B. The seeing was still not very good but better than

> for the last few days.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120320/AWs20Mar12.jpg

> Links:

> RGB image:

> http://www.acquerra.com.au/astro/gallery/mars/20120320-124902/large.jpg

> IR-G-B image:

> http://www.acquerra.com.au/astro/gallery/mars/20120320-123559/large.jpg

> regards,

Anthony WESLEY (NSW, AUSTRALIA)

 

¤······Subject: Venus Mars observations last 19th

Received: Wed 21 March 2012 3:07 JST

> Dear sir,

> Here are some obervations performed last 19th with only the 127mm

> cassegrain.

> Still the equatorial hazze on mars.

> For your perusal.

> Faithfully.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120319/SMk19Mar12.jpg

 Stanislas MAKSYMOWICZ (Ecquevilly, FRANCE)

 

¤······Subject: mars 19 march

Received: Wed 21 Mar 2012 04:46 JST

Hi: On 19th seeing was average & atmosphere was good. So I took some images PLS; see one of them.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120319/SGh19Mar12.jpg

Best Wishes

Sadegh GHOMIZADEH (Tehran, IRAN)

 

¤······Subject: Mars 20120319 20:45 GMT

Received: Wed 21 Mar 2012 04:21 JST

Hello,

I send to you a new picture that I obtain the night, 19th march of 2012. 20:45 GMT

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120319/FFn19Mar12.jpg

Telescope Meade LX 90 D=203 mm F.25

DSI III Pro Camera. Red–Blue Filters

Yours sincerely

Francisco José FERNÁNDEZ GOMÉZ (Ourense, SPAIN)

http://www.aristarco.org

 

¤······Subject: Re: We have a freedom to reject

Received: Tue 20 Mar 2012 21:12 JST

Dear Masatsugu,

   I quite understand all of the above; I didn't know about these things.  I

have recently had to deal with a rather unpleasant matter involving the real

ALPO here, so I understand what you are saying about courtesy, ethics, etc.

   I am pretty busy at the moment but hope soon to begin writing up the Nice

and Juvisy experiences--Francis Oger and his wife were wonderful hosts, and

we did get a chance at Mars with the grand old refractor of Flammarion.

Paolo Tanga was wonderful to us, and I am now eager to begin serious

preparations for the transit--Paolo may join me at Mt. Wilson, and in any

case is busy working on special coronagraphs which will be used to image the

aureole and allow profiling of Venus's atmosphere.

   Hoping that you and Nakajima are getting excellent observations.

   Warm regards,

 Bill SHEEHAN (Willmar, MN)

 

¤······Subject: Mars 14-March-2012

Received: Tue 20 Mar 2012 21:00 JST

Hi Guys yet another evening of useful seeing. Although Mars only appears to have rotated the wrong way by 9 degrees, its good to get the processing practice, try new timings, softwares, filters, magnifications and to observe the latest clouds. We only have this short "Mars experience window" every two years. I must write it down for this one !

 http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120314/DTy14Mar12.jpg

Best wishes

 Dave TYLER (Bucks, the UK)

 www.david-tyler.com

 

¤······Subject: Mars 2012/03/19

Received: Tue 20 Mar 2012 18:22 JST

Hello, Here is Mars on 2012/03/19.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120319/JPp19Mar12.jpg

The transparency was poor. T=0.0°C

Regards

Jean-Jacques POUPEAU (Essonne, FRANCE)

 

¤······Subject: Mars: March 19, 2012

Received: Tue 20 Mar 2012 14:34 JST

Hi - I have attached my latest images of Mars March 19, 2012 to be posted.

 http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120319/FMl19Mar12.jpg

  Thanks,

 Frank J MELILLO (Holtsville, NY)

 

¤······Subject: Mars, March 19

Received: Tue 20 March 2012 11:31 JST

> All, here is an image of Mars from last night in poor seeing, even using

> IR for red in this case only gives a marginal result.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120319/AWs19Mar12.jpg

> regards,

 Anthony WESLEY (NSW, AUSTRALIA)

 

¤······Subject: Investigations into the Mars edge artefact

Received: Tue 20 Mar 2012 07:43 JST

Hi, As planetary imagers and observers and Mars close to opposition you might be interested in the write up of my investigations into the 'edge rind' effect on Mars.

 My conclusion seems to be it is an optical diffraction effect - but see what you think. See

 http://www.skyinspector.co.uk/Mars-Edge-Artefact(2449277).htm

Comments most welcome.

All the best

Martin LEWIS (St. Albans, the UK)

 

¤······Subject: Mars from Thursday 10th March 2012

Received: Tue 20 Mar 2012 07:17 JST

Hi, Here is Mars from just past midnight on the 10th March in more jittery seeing.

 http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120310/MLw10Mar12.jpg

Cheers,

Martin LEWIS (St. Albans, the UK)

 www.skyinspector.co.uk

 

¤······Subject: Mars Image 18-Mar-2012

Received: Mon 19 Mar 2012 20:36 JST

Hi all, Finally got off my bottom to produce my first Mars image from the UK this year! Not bad seeing here last night.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120318/ISp18Mar12.jpg

http://tinyurl.com/79rh2qq

Best Regards

Ian SHARP (Ham, WS, the UK)

 

¤······Subject: Mars images Ak16Mar

Received: Mon 19 Mar 2012 18:08 JST

Dear Mr. Minami, I attach here two sets of Mars images from 16 March 2012.The seeing and transparency were poor.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120316/Ak16Mar12.jpg

By the way I did clean up my C14(CP and mirror) yesterday. I changed the color of tube to be silver.

Best Wishes

Tomio AKUTSU (Cebu, the PHILIPPINES)

 

¤······Subject: Mars: March 18, 2012

Received: Mon 19 Mar 2012 14:33 JST

Hi -

   I have attached my latest images of Mars March 18, 2012 to be posted.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120318/FMl18Mar12.jpg

   Thanks,

 Frank J MELILLO (Holtsville, NY)

 

¤······Subject: Mars - March 18th, 02:15ut

Received: Mon 19 Mar 2012 04:43 JST

Hi Mr. Minami and Mr Murakami, Here I send my latest session from March 18th,

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120318/EMr18Mar12.jpg

Clear Skies.

Efrain MORALES RIVERA (Aguadilla, PUERTO RICO)

 

¤······Subject: Proposals of notes for ISMO

Received: Mon 19 Mar 2012 04:20 JST

Dear Masatsugu,

I have two notes to propose to ISMO in a short delay :

1) One about the trend of the Tharsis orographic clouds. Adding SAF and

CMO images, I have a full set of detailed images showing how Olympus and

the other grow from local noon to the evening. The particularity being

that the clouds show a strong westward trailing effect (that you must

have seen on some images).

Interestingly enough, this trailing effect looks to be a feature of

northern spring to mid-summer only : to my surprise, looking at MGS

images, I found that the effect disappear from around Ls 140° where the

orographic clouds looks roundish (did you know it ?)

2) The other about the very weak amount of white clouds in the higher

northern latitudes. This one would be a basic note talking about the

water vapor cycle and the general circulation on Mars (Hadley cell

during northern spring/summer).

I hope that this will be fine to you.

Best wishes

Christophe PELLIER (Nantes, FRANCE)

 

¤······Subject: 10000 hits

Received: Mon 19 Mar 2012 00:56:45 JST

 Dear Dr. Minami and all, Congratulations on CMO/ISMO's

hitting the 10000th access!…it must have been at about

13:50 GMT on 18 March 2012, which I missed as the Access

Counter leaped over the memorable figure from 9999 to

10001(see the attached montage)! Anyway I will raise a

glass of my favorite saké Minowa-Mon. Cheers!

 Best Wishes,

 Reiichi KONNAÏ (Fukushima, JAPAN)

 

¤······Subject: Mo15Mar_12

Received: Sun 18 Mar 2012 23:32 JST

 M MINAMI sama: These are from 15 March. Clouds flowed, but seeing was better and the images improved. Hellas was very bright looking roused.

 http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120315/Mo15Mar12.jpg

Best wishes

Yukio MORITA (Hatsuka-ichi, Hiroshima, JAPAN)

 

¤······Subject: Mars 12 March

Received: Sun 18 Mar 2012 15:49 JST

 My best for the apparition so far.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120312/RHl12Mar12.jpg

On Monday I tore my rotator cuff (again!) on my left shoulder so I don't know how much

more I will get done this apparition.

Rik HILL (Jim Loudon Observatory, Tucson, AZ)

 

¤······Subject: Mars 17 March

Received: Sun 18 Mar 2012 14:45 JST

Hi All,

        I have attached some RGB Mars images from 17 March.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120317/DPk17Mar12.jpg

The Tharsis orographics were brilliant on the PM limb. There appears to be a trace

of dust over the AM side of the NPC.

Best,

Don PARKER (Coral Gables, FL)

 

¤······Subject: Mars from last night

Received: Sun 18 Mar 2012 10:38 JST

Hello everyone,

I captured the attached image through a large break in the cloud cover.

The seeing was poor to mediocre.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120317/SBd17Mar12.jpg

Regards,

 Stefan BUDA (Melbourne, AUSTRALIA)

 

¤······Subject: Mars - March 17th, 02:42ut

Received: Sun 18 Mar 2012 03:27 JST

Hi Mr. Minami and Mr. Murakami, Here is my latest session from the 17th of march, Weather is still below average but enough thru the gaps for some capturing, Clear Skies.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120317/EMr17Mar12.jpg

Efrain MORALES RIVERA (Aguadilla, PUERTO RICO)

 

¤······Subject: Mars observations of last week and venus

Received: Sat 17 March 2012 11:59 JST

> Good afternoon,

> I am transmitting you my observations about Venus and Mars ftom the 11th

> until the 16th performed with the 203mm cassegrain.

> I did some quotations about the mars white clouds that on some times was

> also clear to bright in red light on 11th (the 11th sketch are L-R

> inverted).

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120311/SMk11Mar12.jpg

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120312/SMk12Mar12.jpg

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120313/SMk13Mar12.jpg

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120314/SMk14Mar12.jpg

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120315/SMk15Mar12.jpg

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120316/SMk16Mar12.jpg

 

> About venus something is strange to me regarding the caps extention. They

> appear larger bright in reduced apertures.

> On the the 14th with fixed images a bright fillet near the cap was seen

> separated by a dark thin band.

> Few spots captured in dark red light, but with excellent images.

> For your perusal.

> When the venus phase will become crescent, I will use a 12mm eyepice

> equipped with a band of B/W camera film in order to occult the bright

> crescent. The use of colored filter serie will be apply sothat the

> brightness in each will be quoted.

> It is easy to do each end of afternoon, dawn light and night. I loosed my

> old eyepiece with the occulting band, a challenge to install one into an

> eyepiece.

> We will see the results exhaustively.

>

> Have good receipt of the present mail

> Faithfully

 Stanislas MAKSYMOWICZ (Ecquevilly, FRANCE)

 

¤······Subject: Venus images, 15 march 2012                 

Received: Sat 17 Mar 2012 23:59 JST

Hi all,

Good seeing on Venus that evening, although images in violet and UV are not very sharp.

http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/V2012_03_15-CPE

Many details to be seen in RGB and infrared. I have been able to visually detect the polar "cusps" with the W47 filter quite easily.

Best wishes

Christophe PELLIER (Nantes, FRANCE)

 

¤······Subject: Mars Drawings 16 Mar 12

Received: Sat 17 Mar 2012 22:18 JST

Dear Masatsugu and Masami, here are two drawings of Mars made on 16 March. Just before the breaking of the sky, the surface looked in a low contrast. They say tomorrow the weather will be no good; perhaps next occasion will be on Monday 

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120316/Kz16Mar12.jpg

Best regards

Ichiro KOHZAKI (Higashi-kurumé, Tokyo, JAPAN)

 

¤······Subject: Mars 2012/03/14

Received: Sat 17 Mar 2012 20:58 JST

Hello,

Here is Mars on 2012/03/14.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120314/JPp14Mar12.jpg

Regards

Jean-Jacques POUPEAU (Essonne, FRANCE) 

 

¤······Subject: solar images 12th March 2012

Received: Sat 17 Mar 2012 18:34 JST

HI Guys these three Active regions looked quite awesome. I hope the images bring out the power and complexity of them. Being on the limb adds that little extra.

  

 

What a star the sun is !

Coro 90 ss on  AP130 EDT f8  2x powermate BF15 flea 3

best wishes

Dave TYLER (Bucks, the UK)

 www.david-tyler.com

 

¤······Subject: Mars: March 15, 2012 (2nd posting)

Received: Sat 17 Mar 2012 15:21 JST

Hi - I have attached my Mars image March 15, 2012 at 3:24 UT. It is a slight improvement over the first one I sent to you. You can delete the March 15, 2012 at 3:18 UT image from the CMO website and replace this one as a revised.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120315/FMl15Mar12.jpg

 Thanks,

 Frank J MELILLO (Holtsville, NY)

 

¤······Subject: Mars images (March 8th 2012.)

Received: Sat 17 Mar 2012 07:35 JST

Hi all,

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120308/DPc08Mar12.jpg

Here are some images from March 8th. I observed visually for a time at 400x and was struck by how brilliant the Olympus orographic cloud was - easily the brightest thing on the disk, far brighter than the NPC. This aspect really shows up nicely in the image with the dark summit punctuating the cloud.

http://www.damianpeach.com/mars1112/2012_03_08rgb.jpg

Best Wishes

Damian PEACH (Selsey, the UK)

 

¤······Subject: Mars - 2012 March 2

Received: Sat 17 Mar 2012 06:18 JST

Hi Masami and Masatsugu, I send you an image of Mars taken last 2nd of March.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120302/SBl02Mar12.jpg

Greetings,

Simone BOLZONI (Santhiá, ITALY)

 

¤······Subject: Mars - March 14th, 03:07ut

Received: Sat 17 Mar 2012 04:27 JST

Hi Mr. Minami and Mr. Murakami, Here is a session from march 14th, 03:07ut under not so good conditions, Clear Skies.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120314/EMr14Mar12.jpg

Efrain MORALES RIVERA (Aguadilla, PUERTO RICO)

 

¤······Subject: Mars 2012-03-15

Received: Sat 17 Mar 2012 04:05 JST

Hi. With bad transparency, allowed me a regular picture.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120315/CFm15Mar12.jpg

Best regards

Camilo FUMEGA UCHA (Galicia, SPAIN)

 

¤······Subject: Mars - March 13th, 02:57ut

Received: Sat 17 Mar 2012 00:39 JST

Hi Mr. Minami and Mr. MURAKAMI, Here is a session from March 13th, 02:57ut under not so good conditions, Clear Skies.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120313/EMr13Mar12.jpg

Efrain MORALES RIVERA (Aguadilla, PUERTO RICO)

 

¤······Subject: Mars 20120315 21:46 GMT

Received: Sat 17 Mar 2012 00:38 JST

Hello, I send to you a new picture that I obtained on the night of 15th march 2012 at 21:46 GMT

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120315/FFn15Mar12.jpg

Clouds in the equatorial belt

Telescope Meade LX 90 D=203 mm F.25

DSI III Pro Camera. Red–Blue Filters

Yours sincerely

Francisco José FERNÁNDEZ GOMÉZ (Ourense, SPAIN)

http://www.aristarco.org

 

¤······Subject: Mars images, 15 march 2012

Received: Fri 16 Mar 2012 22:19 JST

Hi all, Seeing was excellent last night - I had a pair of hour to observe before the fog accumulated on the Atlantic Ocean invade the sky...

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120315/CPl15Mar12.jpg

http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/M2012_03_15-CPE

The amount and the variety of clouds found on the Tharsis hemisphere is just amazing! This set is taking at the time when the orographic cloud over Olympus is just beginning to form. They are already formed over Arsia/Pavonis/Ascraeus.

The bottom B, W47 and UV are all the sum of two frames under WinJupos.

Best wishes

Christophe PELLIER (Nantes, FRANCE)

(Note by Ed: CPl emailed again at 00:07 that he had changed the processing of the RGB image. The image on Gallery is the new one)

 

¤······Subject: Saturn on the Ides of March

Received: Fri 16 Mar 2012 21:23 JST

Hi Guys  With the aid of Registax, Jupos, and decent seeing during a couple of the AVIs, an unexpected and enjoyable imaging session on Saturn was possible .

 

Best wishes

Dave TYLER (Bucks, the UK)

 www.david-tyler.com

 

¤······Subject: Mars 14 March

Received: Fri 16 Mar 2012 12:16 JST

Hi All, I have attached some RGB and UV Mars images from 14 March.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120314/DPk14Mar12.jpg

The sets were shot 71 minutes apart, and over this time the Elysium cloud

brightened significantly as the region passed local noon. The ECB

across Isidis was again conspicuous. There was moderate to strong

blue clearing, and the Syrtis Blue cloud was conspicuous.

Best,

Don PARKER (Coral Gables, FL)

 

¤······Subject: Mars Sketch 15 March 2012

Received: Fri 16 Mar 2012 11:33 JST

Hello,

 Please find attached my Mars observation and sketch. 

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120315/MRs15Mar12.jpg

I was very excited because I was able to see the Syrtis Blue Cloud visually.  Notes are with the sketch and in the body of this email.

Thank you,

Michael ROSOLINA (Twin Sugars Observatory, Friars Hill, WV)

 

¤······Subject: Mars 2012/03/15-Kumamori

Received:  Fri 16 Mar 2012 08:33 JST

Masatsugu MINAMI-sama: The sky continued fine four nights. The seeing improved and I was able to describe the perimeter of the npc.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120315/Km15Mar12.jpg

Teruaki KUMAMORI (Sakai-Osaka, JAPAN)

 

¤······Subject: Mars 14th March - good seeing

Received:  Fri 16 Mar 2012 07:47 JST

At last we had some good seeing when the mist held off long enough to get more than one set of RGBs.

 http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120314/PEd14Mar12.jpg

Olympus Mons poking through the cloud on the CM, A lot of cloud above Tharsis region and on the opposite limb near Elysium.

Regards

Peter EDWARDS (Horsham, WS, the UK)

 

¤······Subject: Mars images (March 6th 2012.)

Received:  Fri 16 Mar 2012 05:36 JST

Hi all,

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120306/DPc06Mar12.jpg

Poor seeing on this night and only one set of images was obtained. Brilliant orographic cloud over Olympus Mons. Weak orographic over Elysium. Lemuria remains prominent.

http://www.damianpeach.com/mars1112/2012_03_06rgb.jpg

Best Wishes

Damian PEACH (Selsey, WS, the UK)

 

¤······Subject: Mars 2012.03.14

Received:  Fri 16 Mar 2012 04:24 JST

Dears,

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120314/MDc14Mar12.jpg

Images from last night under deteriorating seeing:

http://astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/m20120314-MDe.jpg

Still IR got out ok.

Clear skies,

Marc DELCROIX (Tournefeuille, FRANCE)

 

¤······Subject: Mars - 360 deg. Feb. 2nd - March 10th

Received:  Fri 16 Mar 2012 03:28 JST

Hi Mr. Minami, I am submitting this Image.

Mars - 360deg. Here is a composition of images from Feb. 2nd to March 10th (when possible) of slightly over a month and showing a full rotation of the planet Mars. Image from feb.2nd and so on is slightly smaller due to distance and approaching opposition on March 3rd (Sun) and March 5th (Earth) closest to us.

Equipment: LX200ACF 12 in. OTA, F30, CGE mount, PGR Flea3 Ccd, TeleVue 3x barlows, Astronomik L,Ir, RGB filter set.

Efrain MORALES RIVERA (Aguadilla, PUERTO RICO)

 

¤······Subject: Mars sketch 14/03/12

Received: Fri 16 Mar 2012 01:48 JST

Hi, here is my sketch from 14 March

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120314/KSm14Mar12.jpg

instrument: 12" f/5 dobsonian

magnification: 214×

seeing: excellent

filters: #23A red + apodising mask + light blue + green

Greetings,

Kris SMET (Bornem, BELGIUM)

 

¤······Subject: Drawings of Mars

Received: Fri 16 Mar 2012 01:09 JST

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120315/Kn15Mar12.jpg

 Dear Dr. Minami, Attached here are my latest drawings of Mars. Seeing was very poor, so I concentrated on

the colors of the lighter area on the Martian images.

 Good Seeings/Health!

 Reiichi KONNAÏ (Fukushima, JAPAN)

 

¤······Subject: Mars Drawings, from 12th to 15th March

Received: Fri 16 Mar 2012 00:46 JST

MINAMI and MURAKAMI-sama, Here are attached eight drawings from 12, 13, 14 15 March

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120312/Kz12Mar12.jpg

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120313/Kz13Mar12.jpg

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120314/Kz14Mar12.jpg

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120315/Kz15Mar12.jpg

Thank you for your continuous advices. Best regards

Ichiro KOHZAKI (Higashi-kurumé, Tokyo, JAPAN)

 

¤······Subject: Mars 13th March 2012

Received: Thu 15 March 2012 21:04 JST

 Dear Minami,

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120313/JCt13Mar12.jpg

Here is a new image of Mars taken on13th March. The image shows the Tharsis

region with orographic clouds on Olympus Mons and also on the other Tharsis Volcanos.

Best regards,

 Jaume CASTELLÀ (Badalona, SPAIN)

 

¤······Subject: Drawings of Mars

Received: Thu 15 Mar 2012 16:39 JST

 Dear. Dr. Minami, Please find attached my latest

drawings of Mars.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120312/Kn12Mar12.jpg

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120313/Kn13Mar12.jpg

 

I couldn't have kept 40 minutes rhythm because of the unstable weather which forced me into taking sketches only in clear intervals coming unrhythmically.

But the seeing seems to be getting better these days.

 Good Seeing with Excellent Scopes!

Reiichi KONNAÏ (Fukushima, JAPAN)

 

¤······Subject: Mars - March 12th, 04:08ut

Received: Thu 15 Mar 2012 14:07 JST

Hi Mr. Minami, Here I submit my latest session from the 12th of march, Clear Skies.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120312/EMr12Mar12.jpg

Efrain MORALES RIVERA (Aguadilla, PUERTO RICO)

 

¤······Subject: Mars image Ak08Mar12

Received: Thu 15 Mar 2012 10:49 JST

Dear Mr. Minami, Good morning

 I attach two sets of Mars image on 08 March 2012.

 http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120308/Ak08Mar12.jpg

Best wishes

Tomio AKUTSU (Cebu, the PHILIPPINES)

 

¤······Subject: Mars 14th March 2012

Received: Thu 15 March 2012 8:07 AM

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120314/AWs14Mar12.jpg

> No, it's not a type or re-send of yesterdays image, this is a new image

> from last night (March 14) in very similar seeing to the previous. Image

> looks much the same :-)

> 90 seconds per channel, PGR Grasshopper Express camera, IR - G - B

> filters.

> Link:

> http://www.acquerra.com.au/astro/gallery/mars/20120314-125314/large.jpg

> cheers,

Anthony WESLEY (NSW, AUSTRALIA)

 

¤······Subject: Mars 2012/03/14-Kumamori

Received: Thu 15 Mar 2012 07:41 JST

M MINAMI-sama: Sky was fine for three nights, and I expected today could be the best, but contrarily it turned out the worst among the three days; Just the mist along the equatorial band was conspicuous. Best wishes

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120314/Km14Mar12.jpg

Teruaki KUMAMORI (Sakai-Osaka, JAPAN)

 

¤······Subject: Mars Observing Report

Received: Thu 15 Mar 2012 01:12 JST

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120314/JAl14Mar12.jpg

Greetings,

Attached is my latest Mars observing report.  The observation was made under mediocre seeing and cut short by clouds while observing with blue filters.   I never got to use the green.  I didn’t record some fleeting, uncertain glimpses of spots on the disk in blue light because I was much too unsure of what I saw in the poor seeing as the clouds rolled in.

Regards,

Jay ALBERT (Lake Worth, FL)

 

¤······Subject: Mars 11-March-2012

Received: Wed 14 Mar 2012 23:25 JST

Hi Guys here is one image set from pretty good (for red anyway) seeing on the 11th.  Its interesting to compare the appearance of Olympic Mons and the markings in its surrounding desert , with the image from the 12th. Has the 50 mile dia.caldera really appeared to have moved right with the planet rotation, indicating it just how high a 10mile mountain-top is?

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120311/DTy11Mar12.jpg

best wishes

Dave TYLER (Bucks, the UK)

 www.david-tyler.com

 

¤······Sujet: Mars le 13 Mars P.M.

Reçu: mercredi 14 mars 2012 20:24 JST

Bonjour à tous,

Avant l'arrivée du vent, j'ai pu prendre hier soir quelques images de la

planète rouge.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120313/JPp13Mar12n.jpg

 Après pas mal de travail, j'ai pu extraire une image exploitable mais de

qualité moindre, de la couche bleue très perturbée en raison du vent.

C'est dommage car les couches rouge et verte étaient correctes.

A+

Jean-Jacques POUPEAU (Essonne, FRANCE)

 

¤······Subject: Mars image Ak13Mar12

Received: Wed 14 Mar 2012 19:49 JST

Dear Mr. Minami

I attach Mars image set on 13 March 2012.  Seeing was little good while my physical condition is good.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120313/Ak13Mar12.jpg

 Best Wishes

Tomio AKUTSU (Cebu, the PHILIPPINES)

 

¤······Subject: Mars 20120312 22:57 GMT

Received: Wed 14 Mar 2012 17:09 JST

Hello, I send to you a new picture that I obtained o the night of 12th march 2012 at22:57 GMT

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120312/FFn12Mar12.jpg

A thin equatorial belt of cloud and orographic clouds on volcanoes

Yours sincerely

Telescope Meade LX 90 D=203 mm F.25

DSI III Pro Camera. Red–Blue Filters

Francisco José FERNÁNDEZ GOMÉZ (Ourense, SPAIN)

http://www.aristarco.org

 

¤······Subject: Mars 12-March-2012

Received: Wed 14 Mar 2012 10:14:58 JST

Hi Guys Here in the UK we had early excellent seeing for 41 deg alt. I had just long enough to capture one LRGB set before clouds ruined what could have been a legendary evening.  Olympus and Tharsis calderas are shown as is Valles Marineris coming onto the disc .

 http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120312/DTy12Mar12.jpg

Best wishes

Dave TYLER (Bucks, the UK)

 www.david-tyler.com

 

¤······Subject: Mars 13th March 2012

Received: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 7:44 AM

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120313/AWs13Mar12.jpg

> Hi everyone, this is the first image I've been able to take for weeks

> due to bad weather, the seeing was still fairly bad for this image, but

> using IR instead of red helped save it.

> 90s per channel

> http://www.acquerra.com.au/astro/gallery/mars/20120313-124138/large.jpg

> regards,

Anthony WESLEY (NSW, AUSTRALIA)

 

¤······Subject: Mars 2012/03/13-Kumamori

Received: Wed 14 Mar /2012 07:31 JST

 Masatsugu MINAMI-sama: The sky was more stable than yesterday, but at the Mars time cloud floated so that the images look not satisfactory.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120313/Km13Mar12.jpg

Best wishes

Teruaki KUMAMORI (Sakai-Osaka, JAPAN)

 

¤······Subject: Mars 2012.03.12

Received: Wed 14 Mar /2012 02:43:07 JST

Dears,

Under acceptable seeing, Mars with my Dobson, showing many clouds, on all volcanoes of Tharsis, Olympus Mons, Alba Patera, on the limbs and slightly visible maybe part of the equatorial belt?

http://astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/m20120312-MDe.jpg

I like the elongated cloud over Olympus Mons, and the RGB has a kind of slight "spheric" effect, maybe due given by the clouds on the limb and on the volcanoes? These clouds are detailed in green, and really prominent in blue.

Here is the RGB magnified by 125%

http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/mars20120312-MDe_large_x125.jpg

Bons cieux!

Marc DELCROIX (Tournefeuille, FRANCE)  (See below, Ed)

 

¤······Subject: Mars 21012-03-12

Received: Wed 14 Mar /2012 00:33:31 JST

New Mars. Regular seeing and maximum transparency.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120312/CFm12Mar12.jpg

Chao.

Camilo FUMEGA UCHA (Galicia, SPAIN)

     (Salud y buenos cielos) (Saúde e bos ceos)

www.mipaginapersonal.movistar.es/web3/c1f2u3

            www.ourenseastronomico.org

 

¤······Subject: Re: Re: Mars 2012/03/13

Received: Wed 14 Mar 2012 00:11 JST

Marc, thanks!  I still do see it yellowish...

Christophe PELLIER (Nantes, FRANCE)

 

¤······Subject: Re: Mars 2012/03/13

Received: Wed 14 Mar 2012 00:02 JST

Hi Chirstophe & all, Actually in my own images for which i was lucky to get a bit better quality than Jean-Jacques on last night (see attached), I would actually say that the cap right on North pole is very white, but the streak southern is more yellowish, don't you think?

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120312/MDc12Mar12.jpg

 Marc DELCROIX (Tournefeuille, FRANCE)

http://astrosurf.com/delcroix

 

¤······Subject: Re: Mars 2012/03/13

Received: Tue 13 Mar 2012 23:36 JST

Very nice Jean-Jacques.

On your two last sets of images, mine of the 11th and Silvia K. on the 9th, the north polar region looks really yellowish 

Christophe PELLIER (Nantes, FRANCE)

 

¤······Subject: Mars 2012/03/13

Received: Tue 13 Mar 2012 23:01 JST

Hello, Here is Mars on 2012/03/13.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120313/JPp13Mar12.jpg

The transparency was poor and the wind was sometimes annoying.

Important humidity. T = +7°C

Regards

Jean-Jacques POUPEAU (Essonne, FRANCE)

 

¤······Subject: Mars: March 12, 2012

Received: Tue 13 Mar 2012 14:20 JST

Hi - I have attached my latest images of Mars March 12, 2012 to be posted.

 http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120312/FMl12Mar12.jpg

 Thanks,

 Frank J MELIILLO (Holtsville, NY)

 

¤······Subject: Don Bates Mars Image 03/13/2012 - Houston TX USA -

Received: Tue 13 Mar 2012 14:08 JST

 Haikei M Minami, M Murakami-sama:

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120313/DBt13Mar12.jpg

 f/30

3/13/2012 02:37 UT

75 deg 100% humidity

no wind

Cloud over Nix Olympica?

 All the best to you both,

Keigu,

Donald R BATES (Houston, TX)

 

¤······Subject: Mars images 2012-03-09, 23:55:56 UT

Received: Tue 13 Mar 2012 13:53 JST

Hi all, Is this brightness of the clouds an opposition effect? Clouds much

brighter than the ice at northpole?

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120309/SKw09Mar12.png

My conditions have been extreme suboptimal. I had to capture the images

through a thin cloudlayer. :-((...

Cheers

Silvia KOWOLLIK (Ludwigsburg, GERMANY)

 

¤······Subject: Mars last night

Received: Tue 13 Mar 2012 13:06:54 JST

Hi everyone,

I nearly gave up last night but in the end the seeing

improved to almost mediocre for a few minutes and I was

able to capture the attached image.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120312/SBd12Mar12.jpg

Regards,

Stefan BUDA (Melbourne, AUSTRALIA)

 

¤······Subject: Mars Ak12Mar12

Received: Tue 13 Mar 2012 12:04 JST

MINAMI-Sama. I took a Flue from the last week, but since there were a lot of materials to send to Japan I was force to work. I think I now recovered but have been quite weak for three days. The Mars images here are from 12 March. As I was advised by you I regulated C14, and I think I could understand a bit of the reasons of some bad points. I have still some backlogs because of the flue.

 http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120312/Ak12Mar12.jpg

Best

Tomio AKUTSU (Cebu, the PHILIPPINES)

 

¤······Subject: Re: Mars this evening

Received: Tue 13 Mar 2012 08:57:40 JST

I have tweaked the colour balance, it was a bit too blue before. See below again.

 http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120312/PEd12Mar12.jpg

regards

 Peter EDWARDS (Horsham, the UK)

 

¤······Subject: Mars

Received: Tue 13 Mar 2012 08:47 JST

Seems like it has been a while since I was able to get out and do any imaging. Last night seeing was good and luckily I had not forgotten how to use my equipment. Here's Mars FYI.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120312/JPh12Mar12.jpg

best,

Jim PHILLIPS (Charleston, SC)

 

¤······Subject: Mars this evening

Received: Tue 13 Mar 2012 08:32 JST

I set up and got ready to image Mars early this evening before the expected mist and fog formed. I managed to get one set of RGBs done then suddenly the mist came and obliterated everything within the space of 5 minutes! Really annoying because the seeing was good.

Anyway pleased with the result, lots of bluish clouds over the Volcanic peaks.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120312/PEd12Mar12a.jpg

 best regards

 Peter EDWARDS (Horsham, the UK)

 

¤······Subject: Mars images 11 march 2012

Received: Tue 13 Mar 2012 07:55 JST

Hi all, poor seeing last night here

http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/M2012_03_11-CPE

I have been curious about the bright areas in the near IR image. Looking at Jean-Jacques's IR image from the same night they aren't clouds at all; just some shining relief slopes because of the opposition effect, like the flanks of Olympus Mons.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120311/CPl11Mar12.jpg

Best wishes

Christophe PELLIER (Nantes, FRANCE)

 

¤······Subject: Mars 2012/03/12-Kumamori

Received: Tue 13 Mar 2012 07:42 JST

M MIAMI-sama, The opposition time passed while the weather remained dismal. Today also it snowed a bit at Sakai-Osaka. From evening a lull appeared but still rather cloudy:

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120312/Km12Mar12.jpg

Best wishes,

Teruaki KUMAMORI (Sakai-Osaka, JAPAN)

 

¤······Subject: Re: Mars images (March 1st -2nd 2012.)

Received: Tue 13 Mar 2012 06:59 JST

Has anyone taken a very recent image of Venus and Jupiter as they appear to the unaided eye, maybe with some horizon, etc. Maybe an image within the past 24 hours?  JPL has had a request for one (from a US network TV) . 

Jane  - We would need your permission, and of course you'd get a credit. We do need it asap.  Naturally.  Thanks, and thanks for such fabulous images!

Jane HOUSTON JONES (Senior Outreach Specialist, Cassini Program)

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/whatsup-archive.cfm

Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=JPLnews

 

¤······Subject: Re: Error on 10 March Mars image

Received: Tue 13 Mar 2012 03:21 JST

Wow! Don, I wonder if this ranks as one of the best Mars images! But then, you have so many, I have a hard time deciding!

Just returning from Europe after some meetings including on for the upcoming transit. Bill Sheehan and John Briggs are also involved, I found out in deploying French coronagraphs.

All the best,

Sanjay LIMAYE (Wisconsin-Madison)

 

¤······Subject: Error on 10 March Mars image

Received: Tue 13 Mar 2012 03:06 JST

Masatsugu Minami has alertly pointed out that the 04:05 Mars image

was not shot in NIR but rather in ultraviolet. The label should read:

"UV  Astrodon Johnson-Cousins  Peak=365nm  BWHM=60nm."

Just another "senior moment!"

Best,

Don PARKER (Coral Gables, FL)

 

¤······Subject: Re: Mars 10 March

Received: Tue 13 Mar 2012 02:26 JST

Dear Masatsugu,

Yes, the 04:05 image should read "UV  Astrodon Johnson-Cousins  Peak=365nm  BWHM=60nm."

Thank you for picking this error up. I will send out a correction. I guess I had another "senior moment!"

Best,

Don PARKER (Coral Gables, FL)

 

¤······Subject: Mars images (March 1st -2nd 2012.)

Received: Tue 13 Mar 2012 01:09 JST

Hi all,

Seeing not nearly as good as the great seeing the night before though still a few decent periods. Brilliant Elysium orographic cloud.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120301/DPc01Mar12.jpg

http://www.damianpeach.com/mars1112/2012_03_01-02rgb.jpg

Best Wishes

Damian PEACH (Selsey, the UK)

 

¤······Subject: Mars - March 1st, 04:14ut, 05:56ut

Received: Fri 02 Mar 2012 23:48 JST

Hello Mr. Minami, Here I send you my most recent processed images from March 1st under the influence of the Saharra dust/Rain showers but managed to capture these session,

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120301/EMr01Mar12.jpg

Clear Skies.

Efrain MORALES RIVERA (Aguadilla, PUERTO RICO)

 

¤······Subject: Venus 3/11

Received: Mon 12 Mar 2012 23:42 JST

 

Attached is a set of data recorded near sunset on 3/11/2012. Seeing was very good; faint

details were visible in the eyepiece through the blue filter, enough that I had a very

good idea as to what the images would look like after processing; very rare indeed.

 

Sean WALKER (Manchester, NH)

 

¤······Subject: Mars 5-March-2012

Received: Mon 12 Mar 2012 23:15 JST

Hi Guys,  IR SG B , registax and jupos made a fair job of the sharp jellyfish seeing.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120305/DTy05Mar12.jpg

Best wishes

Dave TYLER (Bucks, the UK)

 www.david-tyler.com

 

¤······Subject: Mars 2012/03/11

Received: Mon 12 Mar 2012 20:08 JST

Hello, Here are my pictures of Mars taken last night under a foggy sky and with a seeing rather average.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120311/JPp11Mar12.jpg

Regards

Jean-Jacques POUPEAU (Essonne, FRANCE)

 

¤······Subject: Mars 10 March

Received: Mon 12 Mar 2012 13:20 JST

Hi All, I have attached some RGB, NIR and UV Mars images from 10 March.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120310/DPk10Mar12.jpg

An equatorial cloud band (ECB) is prominent in UV and blue.

Best,

Don PARKER (Coral Gables, FL)

 

¤······Subject: Mars - March 07, 2012 -

Received: Mon 12 Mar 2012 08:28 JST

Bad conditions going on here now for a while, hoping for better soon before

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120307/FWl07Mar12.jpg

Mars is gone !

Freddy WILLEMS (Waipahu, HI)

 

¤······Subject: Mars Sketch 2012.03.11

Received: Mon 12 Mar 2012 03:13 JST

Sirs, Please find attached my recent drawing of Mars.  It has been 3 week since my last sketch but the jet stream has been the visitor who would not leave.  In the meantime, the NPC has almost disappeared!

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120311/MRs11Mar12.jpg

Notes are with the sketch and in the body of this email.

          35cm SCT f/11 @ 489x & 340x          Filters: W21, 23A, 56, 80A, & IL

                      Seeing: 6-7/10 P     Transparency: 5/6     Altitude: 61°

Notes: North Polar Cap (NPC) small and obscured by clouds.  Utopia dusky

on Central Meridian (CM).  Nodus Alcyonius and Hyblaeus Extension preceding

CM dusky and partly obscured by clouds respectively.  Syrtis Major dark following the

CM.  Mare Tyrrhenum dark preceding the CM.  Tritonis Sinus partly obscured by

clouds on preceding limb.   Bright cloud over Elysium on preceding limb.  Bright arc

on all limbs in green, blue, and integrated light (IL).  No bright areas with W23A filter.

Best regards,

Michael ROSOLINA (Twin Sugars Observatory, Friars Hill, WV)

 

¤······Subject: Mars images (Feb 29th-Mar 1st 2012.)

Received: Sun 11 Mar 2012 22:25 JST

Hi all,

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120229/DPc29Feb12.jpg

At last i had some very good seeing here on this night just a few days before close approach. Syrtis Major was nicely presented with Elysium orographic cloud very prominent. NPC outlier Olympia (Lemuria) is prominent detached from the cap. There is also some yellowish colour in the NPC area (possibly some dust?) The Boreo Syrtis feature rather reminds me of an Octopus!

http://www.damianpeach.com/mars1112/2012_03_01rgbs.jpg

Best Wishes

Damian PEACH (Selsey, the UK)

 

¤······Subject: Mars - March 9th, 04:07ut, March 10th, 03:54ut

Received: Sun 11 Mar 2012 22:06 JST

Hi Mr. Minami, Here are two sets from the 9th, 10th of march, The weather has cleared some over here for now for favourable observations.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120310/EMr10Mar12.jpg

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120309/EMr09Mar12.jpg

Efrain MORALES RIVERA (Aguadilla, PUERTO RICO)

 

¤······Subject: Mars last night

Received: Sun 11 Mar 2012 14:21 JST

Hello everyone,

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120310/SBd10Mar12.jpg

The sky finally cleared over Melbourne after almost two weeks

of unseasonable weather but the seeing last night was less than

mediocre. Some more clear sky is predicted but the jet stream

predictions are not looking good.

I had to combine three R-band AVIs to produce an acceptable image.

Regards,

Stefan BUDA (Melbourne, AUSTRALIA)

 

¤······Subject: Mars 9 march

Received: Sun 11 Mar 2012 06:47 JST

Hi

 http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120309/SGh09Mar12.jpg

Mars on 9th March with very bad condition.

 All the Best

 Sadegh GHOMIZADEH (Tehran, IRAN)

 

¤······Subject: Mars 20120308 22:18 GMT

Received: Sun 11 Mar 2012 07:07 JST

Hello, I send to you a new picture that I obtained on the night of 8th March 2012 at 22:18 GMT

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120308/FFn08Mar12.jpg

Telescope Meade LX 90 D=203 mm F.25

DSI III Pro Camera. Red–Blue Filters

Yours sincerely

Francisco José FERNÁNDEZ GOMÉZ (Ourense, SPAIN)

http://www.aristarco.org

 

¤······Subject: Re: Mars 22 February

Received: Sun 11 Mar 2012 03:59 JST

Dear Masatsugu, I have read Jeff's words several times, and I even called him this morning and asked him about what he meant. We had a very pleasant and friendly chat, as I had expected that we would. Here is my understanding of what he wrote.

First he expressed his opinion that the Rima Tenuis is not (or at least not always) an illusion or a result of some amateur's mistake. He thinks that people have been seeing something real, which is most likely dust stretching across the polar cap. Jeff agrees that the Rima Tenuis does not exist as a topographical feature like a valley. ( I would have guessed that, instead of a depression, the RT would have been a strip of higher ground, where presumably the white would have sublimed earlier.) I agree heartily with Jeff that people have been seeing something real. The interpretation of the observation ( as a topographical feature) has been wrong. Jeff thinks people are observing dust. I do too.

Jeff also wrote the following: "Because some historical figures...little or nothing in the world of science." I think he was saying that telescopic observation cannot answer some questions. Perhaps he was also thinking of the low regard that some professionals have for amateurs, especially Mars observers. Jeff did not mean any disrespect for any observers, and he was not saying that we should not observe. He was saying that there are realistic limits to what we can see. It is also the case that, even if we see something significant, we might not be able to explain it or to get the professional community to give us the credit we deserve.

Back in the '80s I was one of the most active Jupiter observers, and there was little professional interest in Jupiter. When Shoemaker/Levy 9 rammed into Jupiter there was a lot of professional interest, and very few people cared what I had observed. I just had to accept that a big fish in small pond could be just bait when thrown in the ocean.

Jeff is a good guy who means us well. He is a friend.

If I did not communicate clearly, please let me know and give me a chance to try again.

I will try to write more later.

Sincerely,

P.S. Perhaps you will like the following from my A Brief Flurry of Momentary Stays:

Daddy Cried for the Moon

“When Daddy was a toddler,” Granddaddy said,

“He cried for the Moon, and couldn't be comforted.”

 

"I want it - I need it," he said between tears.

"I know I will love it for many long years.

 

Please give it to me, give it right now.

I want it - must have it, I do not care how.

 

I want it to lie here beside me in bed,

Pouring its good dreams into my head."

 

Granddaddy said, "Neither late nor soon,

Will ever you have your very own Moon.”

Sam WHITBY (Prince George, VA)

 

¤······Subject: Mars on 2012-03-09

Received: Sun 11 Mar 2012 02:39 JST

Hi. Yesterday, with some fog and mediocre seeing.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120309/CFm09Mar12.jpg

Best regards

Camilo FUMEGA UCHA (Galicia Spain)

www.mipaginapersonal.movistar.es/web3/c1f2u3

www.ourenseastronomico.org

 

¤······Subject: Solar images 8-March-2012

Received: Sat 10 Mar 2012 20:11 JST

Hi Guys

Ar 11429 had quietened down a bit for the 11:11ut shot, but still looks threatening,  like some malevolent alien embryo .

 

 

Best wishes

 Dave TYLER (Bucks, the UK)

 www.david-tyler.com

 

¤······Subject: Mars 05 & 06 March 2012

Received: Sat 10 Mar 2012 09:45 JST

Dear Masatsugu, I had a couple of clear nights here around opposition.  Attached are some images from the mornings of March 5th and 6th.  Hellas is showing bright on both nights and haze is showing on both the morning and evening sides of Mars.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120305/WFl05Mar12.jpg

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120306/WFl06Mar12.jpg

I've been struggling with the weather here in Houston during this Mars apparition.  It has been cloudy for the majority of nights and I have never had one of those nights with good to excellent seeing.  I think back and now really appreciate the stretch of good weather we had here during the last good close approach of Mars back in 2005.  I was really blessed with good weather and good seeing during that apparition!

I hope things are going well for you over there!

Best wishes,

 Bill FLANAGAN (Houston, TX)

 

¤······Subject: Mars and Venus observations of last 8th

Received: Sat 10 March 2012 6:38 JST

> Dear sir,

> Here are my observations of mars and Venus performed on last 8th with the

> 127mm cassegrain still.

> Regarding Mars: still the mist haze located on Isidis regio near Syrtis

> Major at the sun rise side. The brightness is higher in green light than

> in blue light. The south pole of mars is hazy.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120308/SMk08Mar12.jpg

> Regarding Venus: the caps appear larger than few days ago.

> The structure is revealed very fine in green and yellow green lights. The

> banding system was captured with difficulty, even in violet light.

> For your perusal.

> Have good receipt of the present mail.

> Faithfully

Stanislas MAKSYMOWICZ (Ecquevilly, FRANCE)

 

¤······Subject: Solar images 1-March-2012

Received: Fri 09 Mar 2012 18:16 JST

Hi Guys    There was only one significant spot visible to us on this day, but what a turmoil was associated with it! Plus a couple of limb straddling proms.

  

 

Best wishes

 Dave TYLER (Bucks, the UK)

 www.david-tyler.com

 

¤······Subject: Re: Mars 22 February

Received: Fri 09 Mar 2012 13:47 JST

All,

Can we defer to a Martian? Oh yes, it's just rumor that Dan (Mr. Mars) Troiani was born on that Angry Red Planet. In fairness to his recovery of the RT (or is it a "recovery"?), let's backtrack to December 14, 1979 at 4:00am near the corner of Wrightwood and Monitor on Chicago's West Side.

He has his 10" f/6, not quite two years old and the only scope he had ever owned, sitting in front of his house and he sketches Mars at not quite 9" of arc (and at 283x) and records the NPC with a "Y"-shaped feature running down from longitude 333 degrees toward the pole (south up orientation). He next dutifully sends the sketch to Chick Capen at Lowell and gets a rather astonished reply from him.

Chick informs Dan that he had detected the RT, seen before in 1888, 1901, 1903 and 1918 and given its name by Antoniadi (note the rhythm with aphelic apparitions, as it was in '79-'80) and which had eluded him despite an over twenty year search sometimes with McDonald Observatory equipment. Even the Viking II Orbiter, poised above the cap one Martian year earlier, had not picked it up.

When I first met Chick (on the day, as it turned out, Ronald Reagan beat Jimmy Carter) and informed him I had made Dan's mirror, I got an extra special tour of the Lowell 24 incher. Chick was impressed. I told him I knew that Dan was going to be an exceptional observer based on sketches of Mars done when his scope was just a couple of weeks old. That was also an aphelic apparition (apparently too late to find Rima) yet his artwork displayed details we thought were reserved only for perihelic events.

The next four aphelic apparitions RT would show up again and each time Dan had the first sketch of it. Dan is no starnger to picking out the difficult. On October 24, '79 (another four o'clock in the morning job) he caught what was described in a subsequent edition of the ALPO Journal of the first disturbance in the Jovian STZ since 1944 and Voyager II had passed the planet not that much earlier and had failed to notice it.

Speaking of Dan and spacecraft, his drawing in mid-July, '94 of Jupiter revealed the "D" impactor of the S/L-9 comet crash using just his 8" f/6, possibly the only other sighting besides an image from HST.

I think Chick would tend to side with him on this one, Jeff - but as always good to hear from you and that marvelous wisdom you impart!

Yes, I still think Dan's a Martian,

Dan JOYCE (Chicago, IL)

 

¤······Subject: Mars - march 02, 2012

Received: Fri 09 Mar 2012 10:26 JST

Was getting behind my processing, so here is the set of March 02, 2012.

Average seeing with rain and heavy winds.

Just publish the set that you think is the best to use.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120302/FWl02Mar12.jpg

Freddy WILLEMS (Waipahu, HI, the US)

 

¤·····Subject: mars observation of last 6th

Received: Fri 09 March 2012 3:49 JST

> Dear sir,

> Some observations of Mars of last 6th performed with the 127mm cassegrain.

> In spite of the average sky transparency and poor seeing levels, please

> find

> the attached report.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120306/SMk06Mar12.jpg

> Be aware of the "L-R" file that gives the normal appearance at the

> eyepiece, butt inverted mentions.

> The drawing with the W8 filter is the more detailed.

> The mist on the Isidis-Regio Syrtis Major is covering from the violet to

> the red color these area, with less clearly in red light.

> The clarity around the polar cap is notably greater than the cap itself in

> violet color.

> Difficult to say more with the present condition of observations.

> Have good receipt.

> Faithfully

Stanislas MAKSYMOWICZ (Ecquevilly, FRANCE)

 

¤······Subject: AR 1429 & AR 1430 - 2012-03-08 11:25UT

Received: Fri 09 Mar 2012 03:43 JST

Hi all,

Here's a shot I took of the flaring AR, under reasonably steady conditions today.

Best regards,

Pete LAWRENCE (Selsey, the UK)

http://www.digitalsky.org.uk

 

¤······Subject: AR 1429 activity 6 March 2012

Received: Thu 08 Mar 2012 18:19 JST

Hi Guys Ar 1429's solar flares were still going strong at this time, but it has settled down at the time of writing.

  

The green light image does not give much away of the hell that is going on in the plasma "clouds" above it, shown in the H a image below .

Best wishes

Dave TYLER (Bucks, the UK)

 www.david-tyler.com

 

¤······Subject: Mars: March 7, 2012

Received: Thu 08 Mar 2012 13:53 JST

Hi - I have attached my latest image of Mars March 7, 2012 at 4:25 UT.

 http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120307/FMl07Mar12.jpg

  Thanks,

 Frank J MELILLO (Holtsville, NY)

 

¤······Subject: Transit of venus Project Newsletter #9

Received: Thu 08 Mar 2012 00:47 JST

Dear all,

Less than three months to the transit of Venus, and there are a lot of interesting things going on already.

Venus Transit app

The free phone app that has been announced for months has now finally been released, both for the iPhone and for Android. On the day of the transit you can use the app to measure the times of contact. By submitting these times to our database, the distance to the sun can be computed, just like in the eighteenth and nineteenth century. To practise, you can use the app's simulator, showing the black drop at the interior contacts. Wonder what time the transit will start from where you are? The app also computes the times of contact for any location on earth.

The app is a great way to get involved in the observation of the transit of Venus on June 5 and 6. Instead of viewing on your own, you can now connect to thousands of others watching the same spectacle. Instead of just looking at the silhouette of Venus, you can now contribute valuable observations to the astronomical community. Get the most out of the event, and become a part of history at the same time!

Download the iPhone version from: http://itunes.apple.com/app/venustransit/id502494620?mt=8

Download the Android version from: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=awb.tov

Read more about the app: http://transitofvenus.nl/wp/getting-involved/phone-app/

Partner search tool

The transit of Venus can be used to measure the distance to the sun. Usually this is done by pairing two observations of the transit made from two locations distant from each other. If you are using the phone app, you don't have to bother searching for partners: the app computes the solar distance automatically using all submitted data. But especially for classrooms it's interesting to work together with an actual observing partner hundreds of miles away: students can team up in small observing groups and enter a competition in finding the most accurate solar distance, or they can join the Astronomers Without Borders programme with lots of preparatory activities? if one thinks about it, a collaboration of this kind has endless possibilities, even for individuals.

To search for a suitable partner, we have developed a partner search tool, that will help you to get in touch with other schools, groups or individuals. To populate the search tool, we would like to ask you to register first at

http://transitofvenus.nl/wp/2012/03/06/register-for-partner-search-tool/. Once there is a substantial number of registrants, the search tool will be released at http://transitofvenus.nl/wp/getting-involved/measure-the-suns-distance/.

New books

In the next few weeks a couple of new books on the transit of Venus will be published:

Andrea Wulf, Chasing Venus ? The Race to Measure the Heavens (May 2012, see: http://www.andreawulf.com/)

Mark Anderson, The Day the World Discovered the Sun (May 2012, see

 http://www.amazon.com/Day-World-Discovered-Sun-Extraordinary/dp/0306820382)

Eros Parallax Project

The Eros Parallax Project, run in late January and early February, was a great success. Nearly 60 pictures were added to our online depository at http://www.flickr.com/photos/transitofvenus2012/ and even more people submitted their measurements of Eros' celestial coordinates (see http://transitofvenus.nl/rest/eros/ for the results). Right now, the data is being processed and analysed, an we hope to publish the final results of the Eros Parallax Project very soon. It is exciting to see how, with today's new technologies available to everyone, amateur astronomers can actually measure the universe together? something that was unthinkable only a decade ago.

I invite you to follow us on Twitter or to join our group on Facebook to keep in touch with other transit enthusiasts. This is also the place to look for announcements of events, talks and exhibitions about the transit of Venus. If this email was forwarded to you, and you too would like to receive our monthly newsletter, just send an email to info@transitofvenus.nl and we'll keep you in the loop.

Sincerely,

Steven VAN ROODE (The NETHERLANDS)

www.transitofvenus.nl

info@transitofvenus.nl

 

¤······Subject: Re: Mars 22 February

Received: Wed 07 Mar 2012 22:11 JST

Simple truth of the RT is that it was easily seen by many observers, but no one could define what it was; even though HST and space craft images shows nothing there except occasional dust streaks.  IMHO, and this came about 30 years ago, is that the Rima Tenuis does not exist and that what we have seen is dust streaks crossing from ~330 to ~140 degrees Areographic longitudes of the NPC.  To me it is the only plausible explanation given the MGS imaging, HST and or other spaceship data.  Because some historical figures, and not so historical observers, see something on Mars in a telescope means little or nothing in the world of science.  I know that is hard to accept, but we have to move away from conjecture and deductive mythology from ancient times; my philosophy-101.

 Sorry to bust any one’s bubble; but this hobby of observing Mars must modernize and as my old friend, Chick Capen, use to say  when we discovered something of substance, “this is real science.”  Here is one suggestion: using a good tool, WinJUPOS, to measure the NPC and all it’s streaks or rifts one can easily see that the current images do not indicate RT on any of them.

Jeff BEISH (We The People)

 

¤······Subject: Venus 1st March 2012

Received: Wed 07 Mar 2012 20:55 JST

Hi guys here are a few of Venus in the contents of my filter wheel. Its as interesting what they made of the seeing as the features on Venus.

 

best wishes

Dave TYLER (Bucks, the UK)

 www.david-tyler.com

 

¤······Subject: Mars Ak06Mar12

Received: Wed 07 Mar 2012 20:18:00 JST

Dear Mr. Minami

 I attach Mars images on 06 March 2012. It was windy night.

 http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120306/Ak06Mar12.jpg

Best Wishes

Tomio AKUTSU (Cebu, the PHILIPPINES)

 

¤······Subject: Mars 1-March-2012

Received: Wed 07 Mar 2012 19:02 JST

Hi Guys here are a set of images from the 1st March, seeing was good The Filters were Astronomik LRGB with L being IR742/R.

 http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120301/DTy01Mar12.jpg

Best wishes

Dave TYLER (Bucks, the UK)

 www.david-tyler.com

 

¤······Subject: RE: Mars 22 February

Received: Wed 07 Mar 2012 17:55 JST

Hi Damian,

Are you asking about images that show the Rima Tenuis or the rift formed by Chasma Boreale?

The image Christopher Go just took on March 6, 2012 appears to show the NPC Chasma Boreale rift, east of the central meridian. Christopher’s image also appears to show a smaller entrant into the cap in the vicinity of Abalos Undae, near 75-80 degrees W longitude, just to the left (west) of Chasma Boreale.

http://www.christone.net/astro/mars/index.html

Evidence in this next image is a bit weak since it was taken at the wrong central meridian to get a clear view of the Chasma Boreale area but the very faint rift crossing the cap seems to be in the correct location. The MARCI image for Feb 22 shows some dust in Acidalium and up to the cap but it also shows Chasma Boreale clearly.

http://www.damianpeach.com/mars1112/2012_02_22rgbseq.jpg

You should get a much better view with an image taken closer to a CM of 60-90 degrees or so.

About a year ago I was looking at several drawings that showed the Rima Tenuis. For the few drawings I checked there were no spacecraft orbiting Mars at the time so I didn’t learn anything. There are probably more drawings of RT than what I found but I didn’t put any more effort into the search since dust flows across the cap are the only possible explanation I am aware of.

 Gary ROSENBAUM (Tucson, AZ)

 

¤······Subject: Re: To Mars Observers

Received: Wed 07 Mar 2012 17:47 JST

Hi Gentlemen, I sent you my Mars observation from March 03, 2012

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120303/FWl03Mar12.jpg

The seeing was average with some good seeing.

Uploaded 3 sets, I hope you can use them because some are not so great presentation.

Freddy WILLEMS (Waipahu, HI, the US)

 

¤······Subject:  Mars: March 6, 2012

Received: Wed 07 Mar 2012 14:49 JST

I have attached my latest image of Mars March 6, 2012 at 6:31 UT to be posted.

 http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120306/FMl06Mar12.jpg

   Thanks,

Frank J MELILLO (Holtsville, NY)

 

¤······Subject: Saturn - March 3rd, 06:33ut

Received: Wed 07 Mar 2012 14:29 JST

Hello Mr. Minami, Due to rain I could not image Mars tonight but processed my latest session on Saturn from the 3rd of March after imaging Mars then under favourable conditions. The moon Enceladus is faintly seen here located right bottom of the rings,

Clear Skies.

Efrain MORALES RIVERA (Aguadilla, PUERTO RICO)

 

¤······Subject: Mars image - March 6

Received: Wed 07 Mar 2012 11:42 JST

Gentlemen, Attached is a set of Mars images from March 6.  Seeing was about average despite windy conditions.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120306/PGc06Mar12.jpg

Regards,

 Peter GORCZYNSKI (Oxford, Connecticut, the USA)

 

¤······Subject: Mars images,

Received: Wed 07 Mar 2012 07:35 JST

Hi all,

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120305/CPl05Mar12.jpg

The orographic cloud of Elysium is setting here. Soon we will see it plainly in Europe.

http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/M2012_03_05-CPE

 Best wishes

Christophe PELLIER (Nantes, FRANCE)

 

¤······Subject: Re: A kind of opposition effect?

Received: Wed 07 Mar 2012 07:31 JST

Dear Reiichi,

Thanks for your comments on the colors of my RGB. This is not only because of my "DNA of visual observer" as you say ;). As an analyst, I just believe that the interpretation of color images is always facilitated if the processing keeps a "natural" or "realistic" aspect. Otherwise the data is less reliable.

I did not even notice that bright reddish patch next to Elysium!  I have been looking for data and found the solution on the Rosetta image in joint file to this e-mail : it is a ground albedo feature, reddish in color, and the MOLA data shows that the shape is like that because this is the western flank of the Elysium slope...

So your color analysis of images was just right: we do see it bright (and very bright) in IR and R so the red color is implied (SBd image from feb. 23 is also very nice).

The existence of an opposition effect looks also fine to me. This would explain how bright is Elysium currently in near IR while the orographic cloud is not supposed to be visible in this band!

Re: PS: I do not think however that we see the Bright Elysium in the sense that we wrote in CMO 388: the summit is much too small for my spatial resolution, and much too covered by clouds currently. But, the whole extended mountain looks bright, yes definitely...

Best wishes,

Christophe PELLIER (Nantes, FRANCE)

 

¤······Subject: Mars - March 6th, 03:55ut

Received: Wed 07 Mar 2012 04:11 JST

Hello Mr. Minami, Here is my session from this morning march 6th just after the rain showers and deteriorating conditions,

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120306/EMr06Mar12.jpg

Clear Skies.

Efrain MORALES RIVERA (Aguadilla, PUERTO RICO)

 

¤······Subject: PS  

Received: Tue 06 Mar 2012 23:34 JST

 I rechecked your three image sets mentioned

above: EM summit cloud is very dense with a definite

core on the B on 29 Feb, while rather vague on the

Bs on 02 and 04 Mar. So, is it possible that on

each of the latter dates the Bright Elysium was

seen through a thin layer of misty matter?

  Best Regards

 Reiichi KONNAÏ (Fukushima, JAPAN)

 

¤······Subject: A kind of opposition effect? 

Received: Tue 06 Mar 2012 22:35 JST

 Dear Christophe, Your complete set of RGB, R, G, B, IR, V and UV images is always very informative. And your RGBs are impressive, most natural…they look exactly like what I see with my 30cm SCT…I believe your sense of color balance to be an expression of your “DNA of Visual Observer”.

 On your RGB image on 04 Mar 2012 23:30GMT ω=229°W ι=03° “the summit cloud of Elysium Mons” is clearly shown as an well isolated bright whitish spot; it deserves to be called “white cloud” as it is explicit even on IR as well as on R, G and B. I also noticed on the RGB image, fairly strong reddish tint of the diagonal elongated bright patch just off to the west of EM summit cloud, which looks like a distant candle flame blowing westward. Similar tints are also seen on other imagers' images as MLw's on 01 Mar 23:52 GMT, MDc's on the same day 23:43 GMT, PEd's on the same night 22:56 GMT, as well as on yours on 02 Mar 23:28 GMT and on 29 Feb (EM summit cloud seems thinner on 29th, inconspicuous on IR), etc. MLw commented in his LtE on 06 Mar as “Interesting colour variations in the Elysium cloud…”. But I think the elongated diagonal reddish bright patch was not a cloud but an albedo feature, because on your 04 Mar image set it is bright on R and IR, dimmer on G and seems inconspicuous on B. Its location and shape suggest it to be the lighter area adjoining inside the northwestern side of the classical pentagonal Elysium which has been conspicuous in this Apparition (see attached MRO MARCI image, the yellow arrow).

 But what on Mars was the color? Was it a kind of the opposition effect? Or just my illusion?

 Good Seeing and Transparency!

 Reiichi KONNAÏ (Fukushima, JAPAN)

 

¤······Subject: Mars 2/6/2012

Received: Tue 06 Mar 2012 21:52 JST

Good seeing this evening. Clouds over Elysium and within Hellas. Apparent dust event spilling off the NPC.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120306/SWk06Mar12.jpg

Sean WALKER (S & T Imaging Editor)

 

¤······Subject: Don Bates Mars Image 03/06/2012 - Houston TX USA - 

Received: Tue 06 Mar 2012 21:37 JST

Haikei M Minami, M Murakami:

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120306/DBt06Mar12.jpg

 Image/notes enclosed for March 6th. Best local conditions yet, and Mars is about as big as it will get. It brings back many memories to see the Red Planet in all its glory. These moments are precious, and I consider them a blessing...

 All the best to you both,

Keigu,

Donald R BATES (Houston, TX)

 

¤······Subject: solar flare 5-March-2012

Received: Tue 06 Mar 2012 20:02 JST

Hi Guys.

 The weather was kind enough yesterday to allow an image of the flare activity in spot group AR1429. This is a long lasting one and is still gong strong. See http://halpha.nso.edu/ The bright feature in the top left quadrant.

 

 I purposely took this shot in Single stack mode to enable reasonably good visibility of the spots too. Double stack detail (on band) totally obscured the spots. Seeing was poor to fair 90% to10%.

 Best wishes

 Dave TYLER (Bucks, the UK)

 www.david-tyler.com

 

¤······Subject: Re: Mars 22 February

Received: Tue 06 Mar 2012 19:02 JST

Hi Gary, A very informative and interesting email. It certainly raises some questions and possibilities.

I'd be interested to hear further from some of the veteran observers such as Masatsugu, Don, Richard etc who must have seen or imaged this feature.

Are there actually any photos/images from the last 20yrs which show the feature clearly? Don has been taking CCD images which would reveal the feature since the early 90s and HST has imagery going back to then. Is this rift just a visual feature or are there clear photos or images of it from past apparitions? When was it last reported by more than one observer?

Damian PEACH (Selsey, the UK)

 

¤······Subject: RE: Mars 22 February

Received: Tue 06 Mar 2012 17:02 JST

Hi Jim,

I thought that the MOLA topographic data pretty much proved that there is no physical valley in the North Polar Cap in the region of Rima Tenuis. MOLA vertical resolution is good to approximately 1 foot (30 cm) and shows no major entrant into the cap at a longitude of 320 degrees W. The polar dune field surrounds the residual NPC and is what creates the classical dark ring known as the Lowell band. The polar dune fields do not cross the residual cap. However, the dune fields do cross sections of the seasonal cap and is what creates the outlier Olympia (Lemuria) as is currently seen in the NPC. The dark rift that separates Olympia from the residual cap is the section of the dune field known as Olympia Undae. My understanding is that, when visible, the Rima Tenuis has been seen several times during an apparition but somewhat sporadically after the first sighting. Even considering the vagaries of atmospheric seeing it would seem that the RT is a transitory feature. The only logical explanation I am aware of would be dust flows crossing the cap. Due to the advancements in cameras, software and processing, amateurs are seeing dust flows intruding onto or crossing the cap with some regularity even during the current aphelic apparition.

By far the largest entrant into the residual NPC is Chasma Boreale and dust has been seen within or near the entrance of Chasma Boreale with some regularity in spacecraft imagery, I think. At night katabatic winds will carry cold polar air downslope and out through the entrance of the canyon and south of the cap. During the day some winds may at times blow up the canyon. Chasma Boreale terminates about halfway across the polar cap. A curious fact is that if you were to extend the arc of Chasma Boreale past its terminus to the other side of the cap, the arc exits the cap at a longitude of about 320 degrees W, the longitude of Rima Tenuis. I don’t know if there is any connection between RT and the Chasma Boreale (I am not saying there is) but it is at least a curious coincidence. I don’t know of any other feature that would influence a preferential dust flow across the cap in the region of the RT.

Don & Sean’s image on Feb 22 shows the Chasma Boreale on the west side of Acidalium but the entrance of the rift at the edge of the cap is obscured by dust. Their image along with a few other peoples images seem to show a rift running almost all the way across the cap. Chasma Boreale only goes about half way across the cap even as far out as Ls 150 degrees. It doesn’t get any longer, it just widens and becomes more obvious. So, without invoking dust as a possible explanation to extend the length beyond the physical rift, I got nothing for an explanation. The MARCI image for Feb 22 shows dust from northern Acidalium, into Baltia and up onto the cap but dust does not appear to be extending beyond the length of the physical rift.

Just to be clear, the Chasma Boreale rift is not in the vicinity of the Olympia outlier, which is on the other side of the polar cap.

It would be interesting to hear other people’s thoughts.

Thanks,

Gary ROSENBAUM (Tucson, AZ)

 

¤······Subject: Mars Ak05Mar12

Received: Tue 06 Mar 2012 13:37 JST

Dear Mr. Minami, I attach Mars images produced on 05 March 2012. The seeing was good.

 http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120305/Ak05Mar12.jpg

Best Wishes

Tomio AKUTSU (Cebu, the PHILIPPINES)

 

¤······Subject: RE: Mars 22 February

Received: Tue 06 Mar 2012 10:48 JST

Hi guys, The question about RT is whether it corresponds to a real Chasm. I thought the consensus in the 2009-2010 apparition was that there was no chasm. If that is still the case, then RT isn't a rift, but could either be a wall of airborne dust or a line of dark sand dunes. My last blog for the Mars Alerts and observations page shows a dark circular ring on the NPC. There is no sign of a linear feature in December.

Best regards,

Jim MELKA (Chesterfield, MO)

 

¤······Subject: Mars from Thursday 1st March 2012

Received: Thu 06 Mar 2012 09:24 JST

Hi, Another view of Mars this time from 1st March.  Reasonable seeing and a good blue channel.

 http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120301/MLw01Mar12.jpg

Interesting colour variations in the Elysium cloud that I also see on Marc Delcroix's image from about the same time.

Regards,

Martin R LEWIS (St Albans, the UK) 

www.skyinspector.co.uk

 

¤······Subject: Mars - March 5th, 04:01ut

Received: Thu 06 Mar 2012 07:08 JST

Hello Mr. Minami, Here is my session from this morning under favourable conditions upto now (bluish clouds at the Elysium region, the Hellas basin continues to brighten, Eq cloud belt),

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120305/EMr05Mar12.jpg

Clear Skies.

Efrain MORALES RIVERA (Aguadilla, PUERTO RICO)

 

¤······Subject: Mars on march 4th - intense Syrtis blue cloud

Received: Thu 06 Mar 2012 06:25 JST

Hi all, The so-called "blue" cloud over Syrtis Major was quite intense last night!

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120304/CPl04Mar12.jpg

http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/M2012_03_04-CPE

Also prominent is the Elysium orographic cloud...

Best wishes,

Christophe PELLIER (Nantes, FRANCE)

 

¤······Subject: Don Bates Mars Image 03/5/2012 - Houston TX USA -

Received: Mon 05 Mar 2012 14:06 JST

Haikei M Minami, M Murakami:

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120305/DBt05Mar12.jpg

Notes:

250 L

Toucam No IR

f/27

Clear, seeing 3/5

Keigu,

Don BATES (Houston, TX)

 

¤······Subject: Mars Image - March 4

Received: Mon 05 Mar 2012 12:07 JST

Gentlemen, Attached is a set of Mars images from March 4.  Seeing was very poor through a strong jet stream overhead.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120304/PGc04Mar12.jpg

Regards,

Peter GORCZYNSKI (Oxford, Connecticut, the USA)

 

¤······Subject: Mars - March 4th, 04:45ut

Received: Mon 05 Mar 2012 11:19 JST

Hi Mr. Minami, Here is my session from 4th of March, Clear Skies.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120304/EMr04Mar12.jpg

 Efrain MORALES RIVERA (Aguadilla, PUERTO RICO)

 

¤······Subject: Re: Mars on Opposition Night

Received: Mon 05 Mar 2012 05:36 JST

As per Martin's observation, the imaging conditions were not good last night and I was clouded out shortly after 22:30, but here's a Mars pic from opposition night.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120303/IBr03Mar12.jpg

Regards,

Ian BRUCE (Maidenhead, the UK)

 

¤······Subject: RE: Don Bates Mars Image 03/4/2012 - Houston TX USA

Received: Mon 05 Mar 2012 03:16 JST

Haikei M Minami, M Murakami:

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120304/DBt04Mar12.jpg

Notes:

NPC small and oval

Syrtis Major clearly seen

Sinus Sabaeus dark

Haze over Chryse

Keigu,

Don BATES (Houston, TX)

 

¤······Subject: Mo 29 Feb_12

Received: Mon 05 Mar 2012 02:18 JST

M MINAMI sama: I could just spare the time for the process of the image s on 29 Feb. I have still backlogs on 16 and 26 Feb.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120229/Mo29Feb12.jpg

Best regards,

Yukio MORITA (Hiroshima, JAPAN)

 

¤······Subject: Mars - March 3rd, 04:08ut

Received: Mon 05 Mar 2012 01:47 JST

Hi Mr. Minami, Here is my session from the 3rd of March (Hellas is brightening), Clear Skies.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120303/EMr03Mar12.jpg

Efrain MORALES RIVERA (Aguadilla, PUERTO RICO)

 

¤······Subject: Mars on Opposition Night

Received: Mon 05 Mar 2012 00:46 JST

Hiya Folks, I've taken some time out from dealing with light pollution to image Mars, on opposition night.  Seeing was fairly dodgy, but I managed to get a few IR and blue runs for an IR(G)B image, here in Leicester, UK.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120303/MMr03Mar12.jpg

 Warm wishes

 Martin MORGAN-TAYLOR (Leicester, the UK)

Vice President, International Dark-sky Association

 

¤······Subject: Jupiter 1 March 2012

Received: Sun 04 Mar 2012 23:24 JST

Hi Guys  here are a couple of images of Jupiter 1hr 45mins before and another at the moment of sunset.

  

Best wishes

Dave TYLER (Bucks, the UK)

 www.david-tyler.com

 

¤······Subject: Mars images Ak19Feb12 Ak02Mar12

Received: Sun 04 Mar 2012 21:22 JST

Dear Mr. Minami, I shall attach three sets of recent Mars images taken on 19 February and 02 March.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120219/Ak19Feb12.jpg

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120302/Ak02Mar12.jpg

I did not get enough night time at the end of February because my boss of the Japanese company visited and stayed whom I was forced to receive. I have really been irritated since I had no chance to take Mars.

 Best Wishes

Tomio AKUTSU (Cebu, the PHILIPPINES)

 

¤······Subject: Mars - March 2nd, 04:12ut

Received: Sat 03 Mar 2012 23:54 JST

Hi Mr. Minami, This is my recent session from the 2nd of March, Weather is slightly improving here for now,

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120302/EMr02Mar12.jpg

Clear Skies.

 Efrain MORALES RIVERA (Aguadilla, PUERTO RICO)

 

¤······Subject: Mars images 2 march 2012

Received: Sat 03 Mar 2012 23:37 JST

Hi guys, Some new images, good seeing, low transparency.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120302/CPl02Mar12.jpg

http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/M2012_03_01-CPE

Best wishes

Christophe PELLIER (Nantes, FRANCE)

 

¤······Subject: Mars 1st March

Received: Sat 03 Mar 2012 18:28 JST

Attached is an image from 1st March. Seeing was good for my location, reduced transparency.

 http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120301/PEd01Mar12.jpg

Cloud over Elysium, division in the polar cap clearly visible.

(The second one) is slightly sharper than my last offering. The seeing was good with slight high cloud/mist. Again a nice cloud above Elysium, divided polar cap and hints of blue haze near the limbs. Image re-sized 1.25x

 Best regards

 Peter EDWARDS (Horsham, West Sussex, the UK)

 

¤······Subject: solar images 26th Feb 2012

Received: Sat 03 Mar 2012 09:34 JST

Hi Guys here are a few of a remarkably Ayre's Rock-like prom and spot ar 1423 with surrounding disturbances.

  

CORO 90 ss

 Best wishes

 Dave TYLER (Bucks, the UK)

 www.david-tyler.com

 

¤······Subject: Mars 2012.03.01

Received: Sat 03 Mar 2012 01:40 JST

Dears, Mars with my new imaging setup, I thought seeing was just ok but the images turned rather good:

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120301/MDc01Mar12.jpg

http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/mars20120301.jpg

Orographic cloud on Elysium, clouds on the limbs are visible.

All images with IR and R, G and B :

http://astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/m20120301-MDe.jpg

Overall i'm very satisfied with what my 12.5" dobson can do on planets according to my first tries ...

Sincerely,

Marc DELCROIX (Tournefeuille, FRANCE)

 

¤······Subject: Saturn 2012.02.29

Received: Sat 03 Mar 2012 01:23 JST

Dears,

Second try for my 12.5" dobson on equatorial table, now with a x5 powermate giving a bigger sampling.

http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/s20120229-MDe.jpg

Some "nice to see" images with satellites treated independently, from left to right very faintly Enceladus, Saturn, Tethis and Dione, in red long pass filter:

http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/saturne_20120229rir-sat.jpg

The same with Saturn in RGB:

http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/saturne_20120229-sat.jpg

Sincerely,

Marc DELCROIX (Tournefeuille, FRANCE)

 

¤······Subject: Mars drawings

Received: Sat 03 Mar 2012 00:21 JST

Dear. Dr. Minami, Here I am attaching my latest drawings of Mars. Weather is still terrible, snowing thick and fast now.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120301/Kn01Mar12.jpg

Clear Skies and Good Seeing!

Reiichi KONNAÏ (Fukushima, JAPAN)


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