2005 Drawings of Mars by Bob BungeDrawing of the planet Mars made during the 2005 close approach. Drawing made with home made telescopes.20050829, 07:45 UT, CM=181 Bowie MD, 17-inch f7.8 reflector 260480x- August 29, 2005 Seeing 9 out of 10. Cool, calm, 65F. Slight haze, moderate dew. Very good and steady seeing. The south polar cap (SPC) has shrunk to the point that it's pretty difficult to see. This morning, through, a bright area appeared to the west - P - side of the SPC, perhaps fog or clouds. Best seen in white light, just a bit brighter with a 47W (blue) filter. Eridania area to the north of the SPC showed a number of dark markings. Plenty of detail in the Mare Sirenum area. Very light dark area..http://ladyandtramp.com/weblog/channels/mars_2005/images/2005-08-29-rdb.jpg 20050824, 08:30 UT, CM=239 Bowie MD, 17-inch f7.8 reflector 260x- August 24, 2005 Seeing 4 out of 10. Cool, 64F, heavy dew. High thin clouds. No wind. Moon near Mars. Poor seeing conditions. Syrtis Major on the following limb and quite dark. No apparent north polar hood, but there was a bright area north of Syrtis Major on the following limb as seen with a 25W (red) filter. Marking near the north limb could be Utopia. Mare CimmeriumMare Tyrrhenum showed limited detail. Nice dark markings near the Aussona region to the south and close to the terminator. Area around.http://ladyandtramp.com/weblog/channels/mars_2005/images/2005-08-24-rdb.jpg 20050821, 08:45 UT, CM=271 Bowie MD, 17-inch f7.8 reflector 260480x- August 21, 2005 Seeing 5 out of 10. Warm, humid, hazy, high thin clouds, passing stratus clouds. 75F. Seeing conditions made for difficult observation and reduced detail seen over the past couple of weeks. Over all, dark features were washed out and more difficult to see. Very little atmosphere action; no apparent north polar hood or other clouds, even with 47W (blue) filter. Hellas did appear a bit brighter in white and red (25W) light and no detail was seen inside Hellas.http://ladyandtramp.com/weblog/channels/mars_2005/images/2005-08-21-rdb.jpg 20050818, 08:50 UT, CM=301 Bowie MD, 17-inch f7.8 reflector 260480x- August 18, 2005 Seeing 8 out of 10. Cool, 66F, 88% RH. Pretty heavy dew. Seeing very steady, lots of detail this morning. No sign of a north polar hood. Sytris Mayor just past terminator with plenty of detail. Nice hints of detail in Hellas. Hellas did not appear bright. Small bright area on P side of south polar cap near the Mare Astrale area.http://ladyandtramp.com/weblog/channels/mars_2005/images/2005-08-18-rdb.jpg 20050814, 09:30 UT, CM=351 Bowie MD, 17-inch f7.8 reflector 260480x- August 14, 2005 Seeing 6 out of 10. Warm, humid. 73F, humidity = 94. Very hazy, very light fog. No wind. A very complex Mars this morning. Slight north polar hood appeared white and was slightly brighter with a 47W (blue) filter. Markings around the NPH were easy to see with darker areas appearing around the Mare Acidalium region. The Chryse area appeared bright in white light, but not with the 47W. The vast dark areas of the southern hemisphere showed hints of grand detail. Sinus Sabaeus is not yet...http://ladyandtramp.com/weblog/channels/mars_2005/images/2005-08-14-rdb.jpg 20050812, 09:15 UT, CM=10 Bowie MD, 17-inch f7.8 reflector 260x- August 12, 2005 Seeing 8 out of 10. Very warm, humid. 77F, 94% RH., no wind. Got out TJ, 20-inch f6.4 dobson stopped down to 17-inches. Secondary dewed right after removing secondary cover, but the view was still just fine! Lots of detail. Bluish north polar hood was elongated and did not appear above the limb of the planet. Niliacus Lacus nicely seen for being so close to the northern limb of the planet. Lots of detail in Sinus Meridiani and Mare Erthraeum. Mare Australe dark and made for a nice...http://ladyandtramp.com/weblog/channels/mars_2005/images/2005-08-12-rdb.jpg 20050803, 09:00 UT, CM=92 Bowie MD, 4.25-inch f10 reflector 212x- August 3, 2005 Seeing 6 out of 10. Warm, 77F, no wind, humid. Not very transparent. Solis L.! Good amount of detail in moments of steady seeing. Bright area in the north, perhaps Argyre or perhaps clouds over Olympus Mons. Image is too dim and small to use color filters, but this didn't look like North Polar Hood.http://ladyandtramp.com/weblog/channels/mars_2005/images/2005-08-03-rdb.jpg |
