2003 0704 JBs Note
Martian Drawings on 4 July 2003
at 08:00~09:50 GMT by Jeffrey D BEISH.

  λ=215゚Ls,   (ω=226°~233°W, 248°~253°W,   φ=21°S),   δ=17.2",   ι=36°

Note:
08:00~08:30 GMT (ω=226°~233°W) 520x
Dust clouds on morning limb in Hellas, Hidriacum, Ausonia and Eridania with faint dusty haze spreading westward over Ausonia and Eridania.
Bright dust cloud over Hesperia and Titanum Sinus. Faint dusty haze into Libya and Moeris Lacus.
Dust clouds obvious, bright, obscuring features and numerous.
Too early to predict plent-encirculing storm; however, this group of dust clouds appear to be spreading.

SPC clear, rifts. Very thin NPR Hood present. No MH. Tyrrhenum Mare, Cimmerium Mare lighter than "usual." Hesperia not well-defined. Syrtis Major on morning limb. BC =0.

Sky clear and steady, Milky Way visible and brilliant, M31 1/2-degree Visible with naked eye.
  Seeing = 7-8. Transparency 5, Altitude 48°.
  T=24°C

09:30~09:50 GMT (ω=248°~253°W) 520-1045x
Dust clouds on morning limb in Hellas, Hidriacum, Ausonia and Eridania with faint dusty haze spreading westward over Ausonia and Eridania.
Dust on morning limb in Hellas and Aria. Some dusty haze over Syrtis Major.
Bright dust cloud over Hesperia and Titanum Sinus. Faint dusty haze into Libya and Moeris Lacus.
Dust clouds obvious, bright, obscuring features and numerous. Predict planet-encircling storm possible..

SPC clear, rifts. Very thin morning limb arc from equator to NPR and evening limb. Tyrrhenum Mare, Cimmerium Mare washed out, obscured by dust haze. Hesperia not well-defined. BC = 0+.

Sky clear and steady, Milky Way visible and brilliant, M31 1/2-degree Visible with naked eye.
 Seeing =7-8. Transparency 5, Altitude 49°.
  T=23°C

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

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