LtE in CMO #280

From   Edward Arnold GRAFTON



® . . . . . . . .Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 13:56:32 -0500 (CDT)

Subject: Mars Observation September 28th 2003 at 04:06 UT

 

Hi Mars Observers

 

Here is an image from September 28th 2003 at 04:06 UT. The sky transparency was fair 5/10 and the seeing was fair 5/10.

 

C14 @ f/34.5, ST5 CCD

 

               RED  + IR rejection, .2  seconds, Edmund filter

               GREEN + IR rejection, .4  seconds, Edmund filter

               BLUE  + IR rejection, .8  second, Edmund filter

               Luminance, IR + Red , 600-1000nm  .05  seconds,  Edmunds filter

             

              

® . . . . . . . .Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 11:02:55 -0500 (CDT)

Subject: Saturn Spots 0ctober 8th 2003

 

Hi Saturn Observers

 

Here is an observation from October 8th 2003. There are two spots that show in these images. The more southerly is likely the spot discovered by by Christophe Pellier on September 13th and is at about CM 3 of 208. There is a second fainter spot showing at about the same longitude but closer to the equator. The sky was foggy with cirrus clouds, transparency was fair 4/10, and seeing was very good, 8/10.  No wind and heavy dew. The weather was warm with the temperatures in the 70s F.

 

Saturn image: http://www.ghg.net/egrafton/10-08-03.jpg

 

 

        Ed Grafton, Houston Texas, ST5C CCD and a 14 inch f/11 Celestron SCT

 

        Barlow Projection to f/27 aprox .21 arc seconds per pixel.

 

 

        Image data:

 

                10 BLUE  + IR rejection, 1  seconds, SBIG filter

                10 GREEN + IR rejection, .8  seconds, SBIG filter

                10 RED    + IR rejection,  .6  seconds, SBIG filter

                Clear filter,  No IR  .3  seconds,  SBIG filter

 


 Ed GRAFTON (Houston, Texas, USA)

egrafton@ghg.com


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