[AZ-Observing] Re: Mars: Mare Tyrrhenum

  • From: "Tom Polakis" <polakis@xxxxxxx>
  • To: "Reply-To:az-observing"@freelists.org
  • Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2003 10:08:07 -0600

Bill Ferris wrote:

> I just wanted to send out a short note about Mare Tyrrhenum, an albedo
> feature which--as I interpret Mars Previewer II--occupies the region 
between Hellas
> and Syrtis Major. Observing this morning (6 Aug., 9:15 UT) with the 10-
inch
> Starfinder at 388X, this area seemed lighter by comparison to the 
surrounding
> regions. Anything going on, there?


Bill,

I don't see anything in the most recent images.  Speaking of which, 
the "marsobserver" Yahoogroup is a great place for keeping up with the 
latest observations and images.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/marsobservers/

As you might imagine, the number of members (currently ~800) is 
increasing rapidly in the past month.

Tom

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