Solis Lacus

Rod Mollise wrote:

c (Bill Ferris) wrote in message ...

The eye of Mars is upon us. Solis Lacus was prominent along the central
meridian, Sunday night. Thanks to a break in the monsoonal cloud cover, I was
able to observe the red planet at 06:10 UT on August 24. The seeing was
middling, so I was limited to 247X in my 10-inch, f/4.5 Newtonian.




HI Bill:

The seeing was pretty darned good here, and Solis Lacus looked amazing
in the C8....got a pretty good image of it too:

http://skywatch.brainiac.com/planets/index.htm

Nice shots.

I swear on a stack of S&T: I'm going to be ready to make such fine
photos the next time Mars is this close. There should be enough time to
prepare, even for me.

http://skywatch.brainiac.com/planets/index.htm

Hi Rod, what is the long protuding feature above and to the right of Solis
Lacis. I think that is what I saw last night. Both looked "detached" from the
larger dark area to the South.
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Hi Rod, what is the long protuding feature above and to the right of Solis
Lacis. I think that is what I saw last night. Both looked "detached" from the
larger dark area to the South.
rat
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Rat posted:

I had my 10" out last night and the seeing was quite good at times. I couldn't
help but notice that there was a "second" Solis Lacus next to the first one.
Using Mars Previewer I think I got a good look at Juventae Fons.

Juventae Fons is quite small and is farther to the north, so probably what you
saw was a combination of Coprates and Tithonius Lacus. If you saw Coprates,
you have seen the darker floor of the canyon Coprates Chasma, so that is a
real feather in your cap! Clear skies to you.
--
David W. Knisely
Prairie Astronomy Club: http://www.prairieastronomyclub.org
Hyde Memorial Observatory: http://www.hydeobservatory.info/

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Rat posted:

I had my 10" out last night and the seeing was quite good at times. I couldn't
help but notice that there was a "second" Solis Lacus next to the first one.
Using Mars Previewer I think I got a good look at Juventae Fons.

Juventae Fons is quite small and is farther to the north, so probably what you
saw was a combination of Coprates and Tithonius Lacus. If you saw Coprates,
you have seen the darker floor of the canyon Coprates Chasma, so that is a
real feather in your cap! Clear skies to you.
--
David W. Knisely
Prairie Astronomy Club: http://www.prairieastronomyclub.org
Hyde Memorial Observatory: http://www.hydeobservatory.info/

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* July 27-Aug. 1st, 2003, Merritt Reservoir *
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Here is another look at Solis Lacus. Image taken with AP 10" Mak-Cass, SBIG
ST10E camera: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ap-ug/...03%20RWC7a.jpg



Roland Christen

Here is another look at Solis Lacus. Image taken with AP 10" Mak-Cass, SBIG
ST10E camera: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ap-ug/...03%20RWC7a.jpg



Roland Christen

It doesn't help that this image is not in a public access area (you have to
"join" the Astro-Physics users group).
--
David W. Knisely
Prairie Astronomy Club: http://www.prairieastronomyclub.org
Hyde Memorial Observatory: http://www.hydeobservatory.info/

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* Attend the 10th Annual NEBRASKA STAR PARTY *
* July 27-Aug. 1st, 2003, Merritt Reservoir *
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It doesn't help that this image is not in a public access area (you have to
"join" the Astro-Physics users group).
--
David W. Knisely
Prairie Astronomy Club: http://www.prairieastronomyclub.org
Hyde Memorial Observatory: http://www.hydeobservatory.info/

**********************************************
* Attend the 10th Annual NEBRASKA STAR PARTY *
* July 27-Aug. 1st, 2003, Merritt Reservoir *
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Phil Wheeler wrote:

lal_truckee wrote:

Rod Mollise wrote:

c (Bill Ferris) wrote in message
...

The eye of Mars is upon us. Solis Lacus was prominent along the central
meridian, Sunday night. Thanks to a break in the monsoonal cloud
cover, I was
able to observe the red planet at 06:10 UT on August 24. The seeing was
middling, so I was limited to 247X in my 10-inch, f/4.5 Newtonian.




HI Bill:

The seeing was pretty darned good here, and Solis Lacus looked amazing
in the C8....got a pretty good image of it too:

http://skywatch.brainiac.com/planets/index.htm



Nice shots.

I swear on a stack of S&T: I'm going to be ready to make such fine
photos the next time Mars is this close. There should be enough time
to prepare, even for me.


I hope you mean "almost this close", else you will have a very long wait.

grin