Mars
Mars 26 Maart 22hr51
Best Mars picture of this season
March 23th 2012
March 22 picture taken by Olivier Bonameau with a C8 telescope/webcam/barlow combination.
Mars, March 19th 2012
Look at the two volcano tops sticking out of the clouds to the left side of the planet. The polar cap has schrunk considerably.
2012 March 8th: very average seeing conditions 4-5/10, and surprisingly good results. The 'boring' side of Mars with almost no surface features showing. This is an IRGB picture resized 80%. Taken around 23hr45 CET.
2012 February 21th: Very bad seeing tonight, and surprisingly adequate results.
2012 February 20th: Mars almost reaches opposition. During last night, the seeing conditions were moderate. This night the 'interesting' side of the planet showed up. The North pole ice cap is already smaller then a few weeks back.
The resulting picture made with the Maksutov:
2012Feb11: A new picture of Mars, showing the 'boring' side of the planet. Mars has a side with lots of features, like Syrtis Major and others. The other side of the planet has far less conspicious albedo formations.
On this picture, there are actually finer details visible compared to the picture below. There are less prominent albedo formations. Most interesting are the giant volcano's that dominate this side of the planet (Olympus Mons, Ascraeus and Alba). Another particular feature are the cloudes that are visible...
Mars on January 17th, 4hr28 MET in the morning. The apparent disc size was 10 arcseconds.
A very early Mars, taken the morning of September 16th 2011 around 5hr30 in the morning.
The apparent disc size was only 4,9" with a planet distance of 285 Million Kilometers.
Altitude 30°.
Taken with the Philips Toucam.
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