2018-11-04 - Mars @+-11:30 UTC

[N3ptune]

Hello SGL, I am very happy with my latest observation, which I am just back from. I now have a lovely adjustable chair to do my observations and this was my second time with it. I can't explain how better it is to sit while observing.. it's truly the paradise now (;

So I started my observation with Mars, spent perhaps 30 minutes on the planet trying to capture some nice features. Transparency was not very good, 2 out of 5 but I had some good views of the planet anyway. I used 3 eyepieces on it 9mm, 111x, 7mm 143x and 6mm 167x. The best deal tonight was the 7mm with the Celestron Mars filter which if find absolutly excellent to reveal the darker features, it has a magenta color.

Bellow, my sketch done with my 200mm Newt, the 7mm and the Mars filter. Frankly this was an interesting planetary observation.

I am trying to figure out now what these Albedos could be exactly, this bellow is the Nasa simulator, probably a correct side view. Similar to my observation.

https://space.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/wspace?tbody=499&vbody=399&month=11&day=4&year=2018&hour=11&minute=30&fovmul=1&rfov=0.05&bfov=100&showac=1https://www.startpage.com

Thanks for watching.?

 

[Sunshine]

Nice chair, sounds like a great session!

[N3ptune]

The chair is a wonder Sunshine, I am never going back to standing observation. ? it's simply too difficult for the feet...

[mariosi]

Very nice sketch and observation of Mars. -- (The chair looks great!)--