MARS, BETTER SEEING AT LAST

[BRADLEY 1953]

A largely cloudy night with small breaks now and then, which provided a welcome opportunity to view a marvellous moonscape through my 130mm APO.  Mars was also visible, albeit briefly, in the gaps and this allowed time for a quick sketch. In fact, the seeing was surprisingly good, although the northern hemisphere appeared rather bland and largely devoid of any features. Nevertheless a good night to see the red planet.

[John]

Nice sketch !

I enjoyed the better seeing as well when observing Mars with my ED120 tonight.

 

[RobertI]

Very nice sketch, an almost identical view to when I sketched it the other day (your sketch is nicer though!) 

[paulastro]

Good sketch Chris, I particularly like the colour.  I'm delighted you had some good seeing. Regards, Paul

[mikeDnight]

Another nice sketch Chris. I've not had much joy over the last few nights, but I've just had a great view of Mars this evening (9th sept), nicely displaying Solis Lacus, an asymmetric polar cap and plenty of limb haze. I made an eyepiece sketch of which I'll make a cleaned up version tomorrow. 

Regards, Mike

 

[dweller25]

Great sketch 👍