From Edward Arnold GRAFTON
® . . . . . . .Date:
Tue, 9 Dec 2003 17:31:07 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Saturn December 7th 2003
Hi
Saturn Observers
Here
is an observation from December 7th 2003. There are several features that can
be seen to rotate with the globe of Saturn. The sky was clear, transparency was
very good 8/10, and seeing was very good to excellent 8-9/10. No wind and light
dew. The temperature was cool in low 40s F.
Saturn
image: http://www.ghg.net/egrafton/12-07-03.jpg
Ed Grafton,
Barlow Projection to f/27 aprox .21 arc seconds per pixel.
Image data:
Red filter, .6 sec
Green filter .8 sec
Blue filter 1.0 sec
Clear filter, No IR
.3 sec
® . . . . . . .Date:
Sun, 14 Dec 2003 22:51:54 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Mars Observation December
15th 2003 @ 0:36 UT
Hi
Mars Observers
Here
is an image from December 15th 2003 @ 0:36 UT. The dust cores are quite prominent.
The sky transparancy was excellent 9/10, and the
seeing was fair to good 6/10.
C14
@ f/39, ST5 CCD
Image
at: http://www.ghg.net/egrafton/12-15-03.jpg
RED + IR rejection,
.2 seconds, Edmund filter
GREEN + IR rejection, .4 seconds, Edmund
filter
BLUE + IR rejection, .6 second, Edmund filter
Luminance, IR + Red , 600-1000nm
.07 seconds, Edmunds filter
® . . . . . . .Date:
Wed, 17 Dec 2003 21:29:53 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Mars Observation December
18th 2003 @ 0:17 UT
Hi
Mars Observers
Here
is an image from December 18th 2003 @ 0:17 UT. Looks like the
Dust storm is expanding. The sky transparency was excellent 9/10, and
the seeing was fair to fair 4-5/10.
C14
@ f/39, ST5 CCD
Image
at: http://www.ghg.net/egrafton/12-18-03.jpg
RED + IR rejection, .2 seconds, Edmund filter
GREEN + IR rejection, .4 seconds, Edmund
filter
BLUE + IR rejection, .6 second, Edmund filter
Luminance, IR + Red , 600-1000nm
.05 seconds, Edmunds filter
® . . . . . . .Date:
Fri, 19 Dec 2003 12:09:03 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Mars Observation December
19th 2003 @ 0:19 UT
Hi
Mars Observers
Here
is an image from December 19th 2003 @ 0:19 UT. The sky transparency was excellent
good 8/10, and the seeing was poor 2/10.
C14
@ f/39, ST5 CCD
Image
at: http://www.ghg.net/egrafton/dec19th.jpg
Luminance, IR + Red ,
600-1000nm .05 seconds,
Edmunds filter
® . . . . . . .Date:
Fri, 19 Dec 2003 20:47:33 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Mars Observation December
20th 2003 @ 0:55 UT
Hi
Mars Observers
Here
is an image from December 20th 2003 @ 0:55 UT. The sky transparency was very
good 8/10, and the seeing was poor to fair 3/10.
C14
@ f/39, ST5 CCD
Image
at: http://www.ghg.net/egrafton/dec20th.jpg
Luminance, IR + Red ,
600-1000nm .05 seconds,
Edmunds filter
® . . . . . . .Date:
Sun, 21 Dec 2003 16:23:21 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Mars Observation December
21st 2003 @ 0:11 UT
Hi
Mars Observers
Here
is an image from December 21st 2003 @ 0:11 UT. The sky transparency was very
good 8/10, and the seeing was to fair 4/10.
C14
@ f/39, ST5 CCD
Image
at: http://www.ghg.net/egrafton/dec21st.jpg
Luminance, IR + Red ,
600-1000nm .05 seconds,
Edmunds filter
Ed GRAFTON (
