2003 0703 JBs Note
Martian Drawings on 3 July 2003
at 07:20~09:30 GMT by Jeffrey D BEISH.

  λ=215゚Ls,   (ω=226°~231°W, 250°~257°W,   φ=21°S),   δ=17.0",   ι=36°

Note:
07:20~07:40 GMT (ω=226°~231°W) 520-1045x
SPC clear, rifts. Thins NPR Hood present. No MH.
Dusty haze on morning limb over Hellas.Hellas completely washed out with not albedo features seen. . Tyrrhenum Mare, Cimmerium Mare lighter than "usual." Hesperia not well-defined and appears washed out, darker than "normal." Tyrrhenum dark. Syrtis Major on morning limb and appears "normal." BC =0.

Sky clear and steady, Milky Way visible and brilliant, M31 1/2-degree visible'with naked eye.
  Seeing = 6-7. Transparency 5, Altitude 43°.
  T=25°C

09:00~09:30 GMT (ω=250°~257°W) 520-1045x
Dust clouds in NW Hellas, Noachis, Hammonis, Syrtis Minor, with faint dusty haze spreading westward over Ausonia and Eridania.
Faint dusty haze into Libya and Moeris Lacus. Dusty haze over Noachis to morning limb.
These hazes are faint, obscuring features, but not bright; however, dust clouds obvious and bright..

SPC clear, rifts. Thin NPR Hood present. No MH. Dusty haze on morning limb over Hellas. Hellas washed out with little or no albedo features seen.. Tyrrhenum Mare, Cimmerium Mare lighter than "usual." Hesperia not well-defined and appears washed out, darker than "normal." Tyrrhenum dark. Syrtis Major on morning limb and appears "normal." BC =0.

Sky clear and steady, Milky Way visible and brilliant, M31 1/2-degree Visible with naked eye.

 Seeing = 6-7. Transparency 5, Altitude 49°.
  T=25°C

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

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