λ=322°Ls, (ω=300°, 304°W, φ=26°S), δ=8.9", ι=42°
Seeing poor, (3-4 Pickering); pre cold front . Transparency = 4m .
Wind SW-W 2-7 kts. Altitude = 62-59°. Moderate dew.
Note:
Dust clouds in eastern Hellas and Ausonia, extending north across Tyrrhenum.
Hadriacum not visible but Alpheus and Zea Lacus prominent. Hellespontus and
Yaonis are now distinct. Libya 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) : 0.18s 4-3 (RG610, NO IR ejection)
Green (488 - 574nm) : 0.70s 2-4 images
Blue (392 - 508nm) : 2.80s 4 images
Images bias, flat and dark corrected.
Observer: Donald C PARKER, Coral Gables, FL. USA