2003 0727 JBs Note
Martian Drawing on 27 July 2003
at 07:30~07:50 GMT by Jeffrey D BEISH.

  λ=229゚Ls,   (ω=005°~010°W,   φ=20°S),   δ=21.5",   ι=26°

Note:
SPC clear. Novissima Thyle detaching from cap on evening limb. Rima Austrialis well-defined, broad rift and Argenteus Mons bright at north edge of SPC. Novus Mons visible. NPR hood seen as thin bright line on morth limb. MC and MH. BC = 0.

  Seeing = 7-8. Transparency = 5, Altitude 50°.
  T=24°C

41cm f /6.9 Newtonian, 520 x
Wratten Filters: W23A, W25, W33, W57, W64, W38A, W47.

The Beish Observatory is located (81°19'34.7"W, 27°21'07.1"N) at Lake Placid, FL, USA.


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