2003 0702 JBs Note
Martian Drawings on 2 July 2003
at 08:20~09:50 GMT by Jeffrey D BEISH.

  λ=214゚Ls,   (ω=249°~256°W, 267°~272°W,   φ=21°S),   δ=16.9",   ι=37°

Note:
08:20~08:45 GMT (ω=249°~256°W) 520x
DUST CLOUDS IN HELLAS! Dust extends from Yaonis Fretum across NW Hellas over Iapygia Mare-Pandorae Fretum-Hadricum Mare and Ionium. Dust haze into NW Ausonia.

SPC clear, rifts. NPR Hood not presentn. No MH. Tyrrhenum Mare, Cimmerium Mare lighter than "usual." Hesperia not as well-defined, darker than "normal." Tyrrhenum dark and dust appearsto be into this region.
Syrtis Major beginning the appear narrow. Too many surface details to draw. BC =0.
Sky clear and steady, Milky Way visible brilliant.

  Seeing = 7-8. Transparency 5, Altitude 48°.
  T=24.3°C

09:30~09:50 GMT (ω=267°~272°W) 520-1045x
DUST CLOUDS IN HELLAS! Two dust clouds in NW Hellas, dust extends from Yaonis Fretum across NW Hellas over Iapygia Mare-Pandorae Fretum-Hadricum Mare and Ionium. Dust haze into NW Ausonia. Small fain dust cloud in Deltoton and faint dust strreak in Hammonis (just north of Sabeaeua Sinus).

SPC clear, rifts. NPR Hood not presentn. No MH. Tyrrhenum Mare, Cimmerium Mare lighter than "usual." Hesperia not as well-defined, darker than "normal." Tyrrhenum dark and dust appear sto be into this region.
Syrtis Major beginning the appear narrow. Too many surface details to draw. BC =0.
Sky clear and steady, Milky Way visiblebut Sunrise in progress.

 Seeing = 9-10. Transparency 5, Altitude 49°.
  T=24.7°C

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

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