2004 0114 DPk Note
Don PARKER's Images on 13-14 January 2004
at 23:47~ 01:57 GMT

  λ=333°Ls,   (ω=093°, 109°W,   φ=25°S),   δ=7.6",   ι=41°

Seeing poor, (2-4 Pickering). Transparency = 4.5m.
Wind light NE 0-2 kts. Altitude = 67-56°. Mild dew.

Note:
NP Hood remains prominent as does PM limb arc / haze. Near PM limb Argyre bright in all colors.
Thaumasia and Tithonius complex appear normal. Localized clouds in Ophir, Candor and Tharsis.

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) : 0.16-0.18s   2-3 images   (RG610, NO IR ejection)
  Green  (488 -  574nm)  : 0.76s   3-5 images
  Blue     (392 -  508nm)  : 3.10s   4-6 images
Images bias, flat and dark corrected.

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


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