Mars 22nd Oct

[procky1845]

Sketch of Mars from last night in changeable seeing conditions.

South Up, Preceding Left

 

Edited October 23, 2020 by procky1845

[globular]

Very nice 

[dweller25]

Great observation - what scope did you use ?

[procky1845]

5 hours ago, dweller25 said:

Great observation - what scope did you use ?

Skyliner 200p this time with barlowed Hyperflex Zoom at about x240. No filters.

[mikeDnight]

Excellent!   I haven't checked the longitude of the central meridian, but that looks like a perfect representation of the Solis Lacus region.

[procky1845]

You are correct @mikeDnight. Don't have my notes to hand but think CM was about 71° from memory.

I did glimpse the little fingers extending from Solis Lacus but only once and wasn't long enough for me to sketch them annoyingly.

Seeing was varying wildly all the time which made it quite hard work. Might just have been more apparent because I was using the dob that night and tend to use my smaller mak mostly for planetary.

Lee

Edited October 26, 2020 by procky1845