2003 1114 DPk Note
Don PARKER's Images on 13-14 November 2003
at 23:40~ 00:46 GMT

  λ=298°Ls,   (ω=331°, 342°W,   φ=25°S),   δ=13.1",   ι=40°

Seeing poor (2-3 Pickering). Post cold front. Transparency = 4m, haze.
Wind steady N 5-16 kts. Altitude = 54-56°. No dew.

Note:
Floor of Hellas clear: Zea Lacus, Alpheus, and Peneus visible. PM clouds over Hellas, Libya, and Aeria.
Large localized cloud over Noachis. NP Hood visible but not especially bright.

PARKER uses a 41 cm Newtonian working at f /59 with an eyepiece projection together with an SBIG ST9XE ccd camera, equipped with a CFW-8C filter wheel and RGB interference filters

Integration times:
  Red      (610 -1100nm) :   0.16-0.19s   2-4 images   (RG610, NO IR ejection)
  Green   (488 - 574nm) :    0.70s   4-5 images
  Blue      (392 - 508nm) :   2.70s   4-7 images
Images bias, flat and dark corrected.

Observer: Donald C PARKER, Coral Gables,  FL.  USA


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