MARS IMAGES 18 July, 2000

D.C. Parker, Coral Gables, FL.
Lynxx PC camera 16-in (41cm) F/6 NEWTONIAN
Eyepiece Projection @ f/36.0

Integration Times:
BLUE (Koheisha, 445nm peak central; BWHM 105nm) 2.20s
GREEN (Koheisha, 540nm peak central; BWHM 75nm) 0.66s
RED (RG610 - No IR Rejection) 0.15s
Images flat and dark corrected.

Seeing fair (5, Pickering) -- NOTE limb deformnations on images.
Transparency fair (4.0m) with high haze. SE wind, 0-4 kts.
Altitude = 36-34 degrees. No dew.

NPH remains conspicuous, while SPC barely visible. Bright cloud on SW limb. PM limb arc.
Dust still obscuring much of Tyrrhenum, Hadriacum, and Cimmerium Maria. Eastern Hellas remains obscured but Yaonis, Hellespontis, and Serpentis now showing through. The dust appears to be covering much of the planet except for the high northern latitudes, where the albedo features exhibit normal intensity. NOTE faint large dark patch between Hyblaeus and Alcyonius -- perhaps this heralds reappearence of the Loacoontis Complex ???