λ=179°Ls, (ω=116°, 125°W, φ=17°S), δ=9.7", ι (phase angle)=43°
Seeing fair (5-7, Pickering). Transparency 5m+.
No Wind. Heavy dew. Altitude = 36-42°.
Note:
"W" Cloud very conspicuous over Tharsis volcanoes. Thin clouds over Olympus and Amazonis. Thin AM limb arc.
SPC brilliant; NP Hood forming. Phasis, Gallineria Silva, and Acampsis conspicuous. Araxes again doubled.
The thin dark line north of the southern maria prominent, broken.
PARKER uses a 41 cm Newtonian working at f/55 with an eyepiece projection together with an SBIG ST9XE ccd camera, equipped with a CFW-8C filter wheel and RGB interference filters
Integration times:
Red (610 - 1100nm) : 0.11s 20-35 images (RG610, NO IR Rejection)
Green (488 - 574nm) : 0.43s 6-10 images
Blue (392 - 508nm) : 1.70s 6-9 images
Images bias, flat and dark corrected.
Observer: Donald C PARKER, Coral Gables, FL. USA