2003 07 24 Mo Note
Martian Images taken 24 July 2003 at 17:25~17:50 GMT by Yukio MORITA

  λ=227゚Ls,   (ω=178~184°W,   φ=21°S),   δ=20.9",   ι=28°
  Seeing: 3 /10.

Note:
  M Cimmerium shows a devastated stripe vertically on it. Trivium Charontis looks darker than Propontis I.

Instrument:
Use is made of an f /7.7 Newtonian extended to f /50 having a 25 cm speculum equipped with an ST-5C (at -5゚C).

Image data are
      7/50 IR images each exposed with 0.1 secs
      3/50 R + IR Rejection images each with 0.2 secs
      5/50 G + IR Rejection images each with 0.2secs
    21/50 B + IR Rejection images each with 0.4 secs
where the Planet Master was used to select the images.

Filters: Koh-Ei-Sha's interference RGB filter of Type 3.

The Morita Observatory is located (132.3°E, 34.3°N) at Hatsuka-ichi, Hiroshima, Japan.


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