More Mars

[John]

Nice clear night again tonight.

Mars is looking great even 300x with my 100mm Takahashi refractor. Just for kicks I got it up to 900x using a 2.25x barlow and the main dark areas and tiny pole cap could still be discerned. Rather sharper and more contrast at 300x though !

The pale band that I think is the Eridania plain is showing between the dark Mare Cimmerium and the south polar area. Over the past couple of hours the pale notch adjacent to the Hisperia region has rotated towards the central meridian.

The seeing here tonight is better than it was on the 6th when I last observed Mars. Very nice

 

Edited October 9, 2020 by John

[johninderby]

Arrgh!  Just another cloudy night here......again. 🤬

No mars for me tonight. 🙁

Edited October 8, 2020 by johninderby

[RobertI]

Nice report John. I’ve been clouded out for weeks now and I’m missing all the fun. 😕

[Mark at Beaufort]

Nice report John. I was all set to observe Mars last night but fell asleep watching TV. I wanted to use the 12" Dob but did not have the energy to set it up.

Its these times that I wish I had a quality frac like yours.

[Spacecake2]

1 hour ago, RobertI said:

Nice report John. I’ve been clouded out for weeks now and I’m missing all the fun. 😕

Me too, 😥