MARS IMAGES 5 July, 2001

D.C. Parker, Coral Gables, FL. Lynxx PC camera 16-in (41cm) Meade SCT
Eyepiece Projection @ f/35.6 Paramount GT 1100S Mount
Integration Times:
BLUE (Koheisha, 445nm peak central; BWHM 105nm) 3.00s
GREEN (Koheisha, 540nm peak central; BWHM 75nm) 1.02s
RED (RG610 - No IR Rejection) 0.22-0.32s
Images flat and dark corrected.

Seeing poor (4-5, Pickering). Transparency 1-4m due to high haze - post tropical wave. No wind. No dew. Altitude = 37 degrees. NP Hood bright. SPC thin on limb, brilliant. Albedo features washed out.. possibly due to poor seeing. Clouds in Chryse and pm limb.
NOTE: Features in Ophir, Tithonius, Ganges very weak. Aurorae S. appears truncated. Nectar and Bosporus dark. Solis Lacus dark on am limb. Possible dust in Ophir and NE Thaumasia and S. Chryse.