Real time views of Mars

Anyone here know of an applet that can give you a real time view of the
disk of Mars at a precise instant? I don't have Starry Night pro or
anything like that, but wanted to identify surface markings in
telescopic observations. Which of the two poles is directed toward
Earth at the moment?

Thanx,

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Anyone here know of an applet that can give you a real time view of the
disk of Mars at a precise instant? I don't have Starry Night pro or
anything like that, but wanted to identify surface markings in
telescopic observations. Which of the two poles is directed toward
Earth at the moment?

Thanx,

AA

Mars Previewr II. Download at
http://skyandtelescope.com/resources...icle_328_1.asp

Clear Skies,

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Hi,

I have downloaded the Mars Previewer, extracted it, and then ran the
exe file. Nothing happens after I run it.

Any ideas on how to get it to work?

Thanks,
jeff

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Hi,

I have downloaded the Mars Previewer, extracted it, and then ran the
exe file. Nothing happens after I run it.

Any ideas on how to get it to work?

Thanks,
jeff

I have MP ver 2.01, it's a 3 MB zip file. Unpacked it, run the setup and it
works without troubles. If you still have problem send your full e-mail
address and I'll send the file.
Clear skies,

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AA Institute wrote:
Anyone here know of an applet that can give you a real time view of the

disk of Mars at a precise instant? I don't have Starry Night pro or

If you are a Linux user:
XEPHEM seems to provide that (WinJunk? and Linux), and perhaps also
KSTARS (linux only). Both free, but XEPHEM cost $US60 for full
version, the basic free version includes Mars real time view.
STELLARIUM does not appear to provide this.

I have Project Pluto's GUIDE, a great item. I think this provides it as
well but am uncertain as I hardly ever use it since I hardly ever boot
into WinJunk anymore (you can tell I'm biased). However, some manage
to run this in Linux sucessfully - I did at one time. Price reasonable
for this great product.

On 4 Sep 2005 05:35:43 -0700, "Jeffk1965"
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I have downloaded the Mars Previewer, extracted it, and then ran the
exe file. Nothing happens after I run it.

Any ideas on how to get it to work?

I recall when everyone was looking at Mars a couple of years ago, there
were several sources for MP2, some outdated, some that (falsely)
triggered virus scanners, and some that just didn't install. Sounds like
you got one of the last, and need another source.

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Cloudbait Observatory
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On 4 Sep 2005 04:09:49 -0700, "AA Institute"
wrote:

Anyone here know of an applet that can give you a real time view of the
disk of Mars at a precise instant? I don't have Starry Night pro or
anything like that, but wanted to identify surface markings in
telescopic observations. Which of the two poles is directed toward
Earth at the moment?

Try http://www.calsky.com/ , an excellent online image generator for
astronomical objects.

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com

Lots of options here, from everyone...

Mars Previewer II seems to work just fine, so thanks. The
planetocentric declination of Earth is quoted as -12.2 degrees, that
means Mars' south pole is tilted toward Earth, and the ice cap should
be easily on view in my 8-inch Newt... unless it's summer in the
southern hemisphere of Mars... in which case, the ice cap will be
small. Anyone glimpsed the ice cap yet?

I'm told the summer solstice on Mars has just passed, but was that
summer in the *southern* hemisphere?


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It still does not work and I unzipped it.

Here is my e-mail:


Thanks,
jeff

On 4 Sep 2005 13:02:04 -0700, "AA Institute"
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Anyone glimpsed the ice cap yet?

I first saw it (this pass) in early July.

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Cloudbait Observatory
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