FreeLists / az-observing / [AZ-Observing] Re: The Fourth of Mars

[Joe Larkin <joeclarkin@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sounds like you get a respectable view out of your 18". I would be
very surprised if your 90mm APO can do better. Sounds like seeing
limited you more than your mirror. 

Joe Larkin


--- Andrew Cooper <acooper@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> The polar cap was brilliant, and in moments of good seeing the
> border
> became razor sharp.  A faint dark band bordered the cap making it
> even
> more dramatic.  Mare Cimmerium and Syrtis Major were obvious. 
> Hellas
> was likewise easily visble above the Syrtis Major as a conspicuous
> bright oval.
> 
> No obvious dust storms visible when I looked for them, but I am not
> an
> experienced Mars observer and not familiar enough with what I
> should see
> to spot a lighter patch where there should be none.
> 
> I need to get the baffles installed in the 90mm APO so I'll have a
> scope
> more suited to planetary viewing ready for opposition.  Let's hope
> the
> martian dust storms hold off a little longer.
> 


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