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[AZ-Observing] Re: Deimos, No Phobos

From: Kerry Weatherford <kwx4d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 08:24:31 -0700 (MST)

Tom,

Do you have the web address for that "high-tech" Aluminum Foil 
Occulting Bar? :-)

-Kerry


-------Original Message-------
From: Tom Polakis <polakis@xxxxxxx>
Sent: 08/04/03 07:37 AM
To: AZ-Observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [AZ-Observing] Deimos, No Phobos

> 
> Seeing was worse this morning than yesterday, which was worse than the 
night before, when it was only mediocre.  Despite this, Deimos was 
visible at 650x in my 10-inch.  Although Phobos is a magnitude brighter, 
it is also much closer to the planet.  The light from Mars kept Phobos 
hidden from view, even when Mars was hidden beind the high-tech, 
Aluminium foil occulting bar.

The article about viewing Martian moons in the August issue of S&T is a 
great help.  For a real-time view, Starry Night Pro does a good job 
showing the present central meridian and moon orientation when it's not 
busy locking up my computer.  Also, Mars Viewer 
(http://ringmaster.arc.nasa.gov/tools/viewer2_mar.html) shows the 
orientation of the moons at any time.

Tom

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