Solar
& Planetary LtE Now for CMO/ISMO #70 (CMO
#444)
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¤····Subject: Mars
2016/02/15 0253UT
Received:
Hi all,
Mars capture from
this morning. Conditions were poor.
Best regards,
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2016/160215/CFs15Feb16.jpg
¤····Subject: Mars
images
Received:
Dear Sirs,
Please find the attached Mars image set from
taken in varied seeing that at times was very good.
Best regards,
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2016/160205/MJs05Feb16.jpg
¤····Subject: Mars
2016/02/12 0239UT
Received:
Hi all,
Mars capture from 12
February. The capture was a bit rushed as it was between clouds and I was also
rushing to leave home for the weekend, so I did not have the opportunity to
adjust or try various settings. Unfortunately the bright limb artefact is
evident. However, as always, I am hoping the data on the rest of the planet is
of value.
Best regards,
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2016/160212/CFs12Feb16.jpg
¤····Subject: Mars
- Mo10Feb_16
Received:
Mars images on
Best regards,
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2016/160210/Mo10Feb16.jpg
Yukio MORITA (
¤····Subject: Mars
- February 4th, 9th
Received:
Hi Mr. Minami and
All!,
Here are my latest
sessions from february 4th, 9th of Mars and my latest on Jupiter from
February 8th.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2016/160204/EMr04Feb16.jpg
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2016/160209/EMr09Feb16.jpg
¤····Subject: Mars
2016/02/11 0254UT
Received:
Hi all,
Mars capture from
this morning.
Best regards,
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2016/160211/CFs11Feb16.jpg
¤····Subject: Mars
Received:
Hello all,
I have attached an image set of Mars taken on the 5th February in good seeing
best wishes
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2016/160205/MVl05Feb16.jpg
¤····Subject: Mars
2016/02/08 0255UT
Received:
Hi all,
A bit better
conditions this morning and some nice detail starting to show. Alba Patera very
prominent in the lower centre of the image, but quite a few other features to
note.
Best regards,
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2016/160208/CFs08Feb16.jpg
¤····Subject: Jupiter
2016.02.04
Received:
Dears,
Under humid/freezing and average conditions, Jupiter with on the 02h55.8UT
image GRS transiting, spot Z on NEBn, and SSTB ovals A5 and A4 with a long FFR
between, and A3.
Color images:
http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/j20160204-01h55.9UT-MDe.png
http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/j20160204-02h55.8UT-MDe.png
IR: http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/j2016-02-04_02-13.1UT_ir685_md.png
Methane
absorption band: http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/j20160204c-02h33.7UT-MDe.png
Steady
skies,
Marc DELCROIX (
¤····Subject: Mars
2016/02/07 0247UT
Received:
Hi all,
A capture of Mars
from this morning. Unfortunately after being clouded out for a number of days,
and storms overnight with broken cloud, seeing conditions were exceptionally
poor, but I am submitting "for the record", nonetheless. I am hoping
the weather will settle going forwards.
Best regards,
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2016/160207/CFs07Feb16.jpg
¤····Subject: Mars
RGB from
Received:
Dear CMO,
Please find attached my
first Mars image set for this apparition.
The seeing was
slightly better than average for the location.
Best regards,
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2016/160204/SBd04Feb16.jpg
Stefan BUDA (
¤····Subject: Mars
- January 29th
Received:
Hi Mr. Minami!,
Here are my latest
sessions from Mars and Jupiter on January 29th and Jupiter on January 30th.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2016/160129/EMr29Jan16.jpg
Efrain MORALES RIVERA (
¤····Subject: Mars
2016/02/02 0138UT
Received:
Hi all,
Capture of Mars from
this morning. Despite fairly poor seeing conditions, cloud is seen over all the
Tharsis Volcanos. Suspect that Alba Patera is visible, possibly with very light
cloud?
(Mike, Roger, I have
also captured a Saturn and a few Jupiter images over the last few days. Will
send through when processed)
Best regards,
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2016/160202/CFs02Feb16.jpg
¤····Subject: test
post
Received:
Just a test to see if
this works, attached previous Mars image.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2016/160103/DFl03Jan16.jpg
¤····Subject: Solar
images 28/30th-Jan-2016
Received:
Hi Guys
We had a couple of
isolated blue sky days at the end of the month. There were moments of better
seeing on the 28th where the extra 5 degrees in altitude up to a welcome 20
degrees was beginning to improve things a little. There was a splendid
prominence on the 30th, pity about the seeing.
Best wishes
Dave TYLER (Bucks, the
www.david-tyler.com
Ham call G4PIE
¤····Subject: Mars
2016/01/31 0253UT
Received:
Hi all,
Capture of Mars from
this morning.
(For those that are
interested, I took a number of captures at different gain and histogram
settings. This came out the best from both a detail and "contrast
arc/ rind" perspective . It was taken at quite a low histogram setting.
The contrast arc was significantly more evident when I tried to capture at a
+-70% histogram setting- my natural instinct was that a higher dynamic range
may make things better…...)
Best regards,
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2016/160131/CFs31Jan16.jpg
¤····Subject: Congratulations!
Received:
Dear Masatsugu,
Masami and all at CMO
It is a little late,
but may I wish you hearty congratulations on the 30th Anniversary of the CMO.
As you are aware, I am a recent "Martian" contributor, but am excited
to continue to make further contributions to earth based observations and
imaging of the red planet.
It is very clear to
me that you have made a exceptional contribution to the capturing , recording
and commentary on Mars observations over the years. May I thank you for that.
It has been a
pleasure and a priviledge to interact with you over the last year and a half or
so since I started sending images.
May I wish you all of
the very best for the future.
Best regards,
¤····Subject: Mars
2016/01/30 0247UT
Received:
Hi all,
Mars capture from
this morning, with Olympus Mons on the preceding limb.
A couple of comments:
a) I have adjusted my template sizing so that I can start standardising
on my resizing during processing. I have been a bit "all over the
show" up until now, so I want to get that right. Any comments, positive or
negative, would be welcome.
b) As you will note, I am still stuggling with the "contrast
arc " on the bright limb. I have read Martin Lewis' report on this on his
website, which is highly informative. I have also tried(this morning) Jim's
suggestion of reducing the contrast setting in Firecapture, although I found
that although it did reduce the effect somewhat, it also seemed to reduced the
detail(similar in effect to reducing the sharpening in Registax), so my
personal suspicion is that it goes beyond the contrast setting. However, I will
still explore this option further. I have had a rather unstructured look
at different settings in terms of histogram, gain, fps/exposure and contrast,
but also think that I should have a look at collimation and possibly focal
length as well? I think a structured investigation is in order. Although I
covered the 2nd half of the last apparition fairly extensively, this is my
first "full" Mars apparition, and still very much on the learning
curve (don’t think that will ever stop….!!). Please bear with me on this, and I
at least hope that the data on the rest of the planet is of some value.
Needless to say, any comment, suggestions or recommendations would be more than
welcome.
Best regards,
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2016/160130/CFs30Jan16.jpg
¤····Subject: Re:
CMO #443 uploaded
Received:
My thanks for
continuing to produce and distribute the CMO.
It is 30 years since
Masatsugu Minami and I first corresponded, but the time seems to have passed
all too quickly!
With best wishes
Richard McKIM (Peterborough, The UK)
¤····Subject: Mars
2016/01/28 0206UT
Received:
Hi all,
Mars image from this
morning.
Best,
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2016/160128/CFs28Jan16.jpg
¤····Subject: Mars
Image 2015/12/27
Received:
Dear,
I send you one
image.
»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»
Mars
2015/12/27 UT 10:41:10
CM=266.1°
SCT LX200UHTC 254mm + Barlow AP BARADV 2x + RGB Astronomik Type
IIc Filters + ASI120MM @ 0.11”/pixel (f/27)
LRGB: 4250/2600/1735/724 frames @ 47/28/19/8 fps @ 6 min
S: 6/10 – T: 5/5 – Alt: 63°
Charles Triana - AstroExplor Observatory -
Comments:
This is an image of Mars at dawn on
However, the surface details are well observed, the Syrtis Major
region in south, Utopia in north, near the central meridian. South of Syrtis
Major the bright region of
»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»
Clear Skies,
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2016/151227/CTr27Dec15.jpg
Charles TRIANA Ortiz (
AstroExplor
Observatory
www.astroexplor.org
¤····Subject: Re: CMO
#443 uploaded
Received:
Dear Masatsugu and
colleagues,
I
greatly appreciated the beautiful opening essay by Sam Whitby--I too remember
seeing the Comet of the Century in 1965; in my case I was prompted by
instructions sent to me by Robert Burnham, Jr., who took time to answer a query
I put to him--and his poem about Mars.
I also
enjoyed the lovely reminiscences by my friend Asada-san about the early days of
the CMO, and the importance of the initiative--much more difficult in those
days, before CCD and the internet--to monitor Mars at all times through an
international effort. The opposition of 1986 was poorly observed by me,
partly because at the time I did not have an adequate telescope, it was far
south--barely rising out of the treetops over the married student housing I was
living in at the time, as a medical student, and was of course kept busy at
night rounding on patients. By 1988, I had moved into the small Dutch
colonial house that my wife and I shared and where our first son was born that
same year, and had a 6-inch Christen apochromat that I used to observe
Mars. Names like those of Masatsugu Minami, Tsuneo Saheki, and Don Parker
were those of legends--I never would have believed that I would meet two of
them, and the family of the third.
At
present, my main occupation is moving from
That
means that I will be able to regularly visit the
I would
also like to write, perhaps for Sky & Tel, an account of the glorious
achievements of the CMO, perhaps in time for the centenary of Percival Lowell's
death. I would like to at least make a few comments on that occasion about
the inspired group who has studied Mars from the land that
Meanwhile, I am wondering if Minami-san would be so kind as to write up
an ephemeris and suggestions for observing the Edom Flares this year--it
appears that the circumstances will favor the
With
kind regards, and taking great pride in an association with the CMO on the
occasion of its 30th birthday,
Bill SHEEHAN (
¤····Subject: Mars 2016/01/27
0206UT
Received:
Hi all,
A Mars capture from
this morning with Elysium region prominent.
Best regards,
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2016/160127/CFs27Jan16.jpg
¤····Subject: Solar
images
Received:
Hi Guys here are few
solar image from the first half of the month. Seeing was so bad that the
“ANALYSED” image was better than the ALIGNED and STACKED stage in Autostakkert.
The higher res white light shots are just screenshots of the “analysed” image.
The lunar image too
in spite of high altitude, is a single frame but from a DSLR not the ZWO.
It was interesting to
toggle between even the low focal length (63inches) DSLR frames and watch the
squirming different shapes of each frame. There was no such thing as a “good
frame.” they were sharp but all different shapes right across the image.
Best wishes
Dave TYLER (Bucks, the
www.david-tyler.com
Ham call G4PIE
¤····Subject: Jupiter
2016 January 21
Received:
A fairly poor image
this time, but I thought just about worth processing and sending out.
David ARDITTI (Edgware, Middlesex,
the
http://staglaneobservatory.co.uk
¤····Subject: Mars
- January 23rd, 09:42ut
Received:
Hi Mr. Masatsugu and
All!, Here is my latest session of mars on january 23rd, 09:42ut.
Also my recent
session with jupiter january 19th.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2016/160123/EMr23Jan16.jpg
Efrain MORALES RIVERA (
¤····Subject: Jupiter
2016 January 20
Received:
In fair seeing early on the morning of Wednesday. Best 25% of frames stacked.
David ARDITTI (Edgware, Middlesex,
the
http://staglaneobservatory.co.uk
¤····Subject: The
Moon 2016 January 19
Received:
Here’s a hazy and low
gibbous Moon from very early in the morning. Thanks to the magic of processing
it comes out quite nice. This is just exactly the largest phase that can be
fitted in in one go on a DMK 41 camera chip with a 600mm focal length
scope; the full frame is given here. 900 frames stacked in AVIStack 2,
sharpened in Registax 6 and adjusted in Photoshop CS4.
David ARDITTI (Edgware, Middlesex,
the
http://staglaneobservatory.co.uk
¤····Subject: Mars
images
Received:
Dear Sirs,
Please find the attached Mars image set from
Best regards,
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2016/151228/MJs28Dec15.jpg
Mark JUSTICE (