2003 0627 JBs Note
Martian Drawings on 27 June 2003
at 07:15~09:00 GMT by Jeffrey D BEISH.

  λ=211゚Ls,   (ω=281°~290°W, 302°~307°W,   φ=21°S),   δ=16.0",   ι=38°

Note:
07:15 - 07:30 GMT (ω=281°~290°W)   520x
SPC clear, rifts. NPR Hood present. Thin MH from 60°S to NPR (Limb Arc). Fainthaze in Hellas. SW Hellas bright surface, no dust. Syrtis Major beginning the appear thin. BC =1.
Sky clear, Milky Way visible no Moon.

  Seeing = 6-7. Transparency 5, Altitude 39°
  T=23.5°C

08:40 - 09:00 GMT (ω= 302°~307°W, ).   520 - 1,045x
SPC clear, rifts. NPR Hood present. Thin MH from 60°S to NPR (Limb Arc). Faint haze in SW Hellas, no dust. Edom and north edge of Sabaeus Sinus lined with low, dense ice-fog. Aria foggy. Libya and Crocea cloudt, evening haze beginnig to form in Libya. EH southeast limb. Syrtis Major beginning the appear thin, narrowing at north. BC =0+.
Sky clear, Milky Way visible, Moon rising with very thin illuminated limb.

  Seeing = 9-10. Transparency 5, Altitude 48°.
  T=22.8°C

41cm f /6.9 Newtonian
Wratten Filters: W23A, W25, W33, W57, W64, W38A, W47.

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