0118 DPk Note

18 January 2002 (312°Ls)

MARS IMAGES 18 JANUARY, 2002

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)    3.20s
 GREEN (Koheisha, 540nm peak central; BWHM 75nm)      1.20s
 RED      (RG610 - No IR Rejection)                                   0.24s

                     Images flat and dark corrected.

Seeing good (7-8, Pickering). Transparency fair = 4.0-4.5m, haze. Wind E 0-6 kts. Altitude = 53-48 degrees. Slight dew.
Cimmerium, Tyrrhenum, Hadriacum, and Chromium Maria all conspicuous. Elysium, Hyblaeus and possibly Trivium-Cerberus noted on NE limb.
SPC tiny but definite. Bright PM limb haze. Faint cloud on SW limb (Hellas).