From David M MOORE
@. . . . . . Masatsugu: Yes, my family watched the
entire year, attending a few games, including a NL Championship game with
What a win last
night!
Its been
quite a ride.
The City is
Very excited!
I have a
Mars image set taken Friday night to finish. Good to see detail coming back,
but sad to see Mars shrinking in size.
Sorry I have not been active
observing Mars of late. I kind of got
burnt out taking pictures of a blank Mars during the dust storm. Then Sept. 11
came and being associated with the Military, I've been on edge. My family went
on a two week vacation in October and upon our return, there have been much
high clouds, disrupting my attempts to observe Mars.
My best to you and thanks for the email.
Thanks
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@ . . . . . . . Subject: Re: Mars - November 03, 2001：
Hey all: Go Diamondbacks!!
Good to see
detail returning to Mars, but sad to see it diminishing in size. It is getting small enough that my video
techniques are not working real well at grabbing much detail. It is taxing the capabilities of the video
camera w/ filters.
More to follow. Oh did I mention:
Go Diamondbacks!!
Thanks
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(Note) The
following is a reply of Frank MELILLO in NY to Dave MOORE in AZ:
Subject:
Re: Mars -
Dear Dave-
I think
those shots of Mars are pretty good considering the size it is now. If Mars
stays clear that way, we can hope continue to image the surface features for a
long period of time!
I am a truly Yankee fan. I turned off my TV set when the D'Backs made a
loop single in the bottom of the ninth inning to win the World Series! Oh
well, next year!
Regards,
Frank J MELILLO
@ . . . . . . . This will probably be the
last video image I make of Mars this apparition.
Details are just too faint for the camera,
especially the B, though the R and IR turned out fairly well on this set. I am switching back to the HX-5 with higher F/ratio to continue w/ Mars. Hopefully,
this will allow me to follow Mars towards the Sun into early next year.
Tried posting to MarsWatch, but server is down.
Thanks
(11 November 2001 email)
Dave MOORE (
