0121 DPk Note

21 January 2002 (313°Ls)

MARS IMAGES 21-22 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)    3.12s
 GREEN (Koheisha, 540nm peak central; BWHM 75nm)      1.10s
 RED      (RG610 - No IR Rejection)                                   0.24s

                     Images flat and dark corrected.

Seeing fairly good (6-7, Pickering). Transparency fair = 4.0-4.5m, haze. Wind S 0-8 kts. Altitude = 50-45 degrees. No dew.
Sirenum, Cimmerium, Tyrrhenum, and Chromium Maria all conspicuous.
Scamander also conspicuous near CM.
Elysium, Hyblaeus and possibly Trivium-Cerberus visible.
Note dusky streak along N. border on Cimmerium M.
SPC tiny but definite. Bright patch (Thyle II) noted NE of SPC.
Bright PM limb haze. Faint cloud on SW limb over Ausonia -- rotates with planet.

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