1125 DPk Note

25 November 2001 (279°Ls)

MARS IMAGES 25 NOVEMBER, 2001

D.C. Parker, Coral Gables, FL. Lynxx PC camera 16-in (41cm) F/6 NEWTONIAN
Eyepiece Projection @ f/44.2


         Integration Times:
 BLUE    (Koheisha, 445nm peak central; BWHM 105nm)   2.80s
 GREEN (Koheisha, 540nm peak central; BWHM 75nm)      0.98s
 RED      (RG610 - No IR Rejection)                                   0.24s

                     Images flat and dark corrected.

Seeing fair to good (7, Pickering). Transparency = 4.5m. Wind was a problem: ENE 2-12 kts. Altitude = 47-45 degrees. No dew.
Sabaeus/Meridiani S., Margaritifer S. Protei L., and Aurorae S. dark. Bosporus broad, dark. Oxia P. distinct and Hydrae Sinus and Hydraotes detected. M. Erythraeum dark, elongated eastward. Nereidum Fr. seen separating Argyre and Ogygis R.
Bright evening limb persists...Noachis very bright near limb. Localized cloud in eastern Thaumasia.