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¤·····Subject: Re: My situation
.Received; 30
April 2012 at 20:44 JST
Dear
Masatsugu,
I'm happy to receive this notice from you. We all hope that you're going
to keep on observing and analysing the red planet.
I will do what I can to help the publication of the ISMO !
All the best
Christophe PELLIER (
¤·····Subject: Re: My situation
.Received; 30
April 2012 at 09:43 JST
Dear
Masatsugu,
The suddenness of this illness concerns me, since usually Parkinson's
onset is more gradual. Perhaps more subtle symptoms have been present for
awhile, but you have seemed to be well.
My sympathies go out to you in this difficult time.
As for the CMO/ISMO--I do hope we will all be able to keep it going.
However, you have been the heart and soul of it, so it will be no easy task.
I still hope for your complete recovery.
Best,
Bill SHEEHAN (
¤·····Subject: mars 28 april.
Received; 30 April 2012 at 09:16 JST
Hi
Total
poor seeing & SPRING condition so was that.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120428/SGh28Apr12.jpg
Best Wishes,
Sadegh GHOMIZADEH
(Tehran, IRAN)
¤·····Subject: mars 27 April.
Received; 29 April 2012 at 03:06 JST
Hi
Poor
seeing & bad condition . ,anyway you can see north east Airy crater &
Cassini crater & vest Syrtis Major.
PLS
see you it.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120427/SGh27Apr12.jpg
Best Wishes,
Sadegh GHOMIZADEH
(Tehran, IRAN)
¤·····Subject: Mars 24th-April-2012
Received; 27 April 2012 at 02:37 JST
Hi
Guys I was nice to see an imagable Mars this evening. I just love these blue
mists
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120424/DTy24Apr12.jpg
Best
wishes
www.david-tyler.com
Ham call G4PIE
Dave TYLER (Bucks, the
¤·····Subject: Mars, 25 April
Received; 26 April 2012 at 23:19 JST
Hi,
Obtained this image last evening under less than ideal conditions, thickening
Cirrus, misty and twilight. Summer is clearly approaching with bright nights,
but seeing is also generally improving. Will keep on going at dusk for the
remainder of the Mars season to catch the planet as high as possible.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120425/JWr25Apr12.jpg
All the best,
Johan WARELL (
¤·····Subject: solar images 20-April-2012
Received; 26 April 2012 at 06:45 JST
Hi
Guys
Here
are a few of the active regions from the 20th The off band Ha
images are showing spot detail similar to a white light wedge image.
Best
wishes
www.david-tyler.com
Ham call G4PIE
Dave TYLER (Bucks, the
¤·····Subject: Mars - April 20th, 01:21ut
Received; 25 April 2012 at 14:41 JST
Hi
Mr. Murakami, Here I submit my latest session from the 20th of april
under average conditions, Clear Skies.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120420/EMr20Apr12.jpg
Efrain MORALES RIVERA (
¤·····Subject: mars 22.apr.
Received; 25 April 2012 at 10:32 JST
Hi
Very
poor seeing & variable condition .
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120422/SGh22Apr12.jpg
Best Wishes,
Sadegh GHOMIZADEH
(Tehran, IRAN)
¤·····Subject: Mars image 21, 22 April
Received; 25 April 2012 at 07:35 JST
Hi
all
I attach mars image on 21, 22 April 2011.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120421/Ak21Apr12.jpg
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120422/Ak22Apr12.jpg
Best
Wishes
Tomio
AKUTSU (Cebu, the
¤·····Subject: Mars on 19, 22, 23 April
Received; 25 April 2012 at 05:47 JST
Dear
friends,
Three more dates of the red planet with increasingly better seeing. The one
taken last night April 23 was obtained in excellent conditions and shows Arsia,
Pavonis, Ascraeus and Olympus Mons as darks spots peeking through the
widespread morning cloud deck. Very similar to a month ago. North-south
trending dust streak through Niliacus Lacus or an image artifact? Can't decide,
but it's visible on another image obtained six minutes later. No obvious image
artifacts on these images that I can detect.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120419/JWr19Apr12.jpg
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120422/JWr22Apr12.jpg
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120423/JWr23Apr12.jpg
All the best,
Johan WARELL (
¤·····Subject: Mars with Olympus Mons
21-Apr-2012
Received; 24 April 2012 at 18:34 JST
Hi
all,
Here's an image from Saturday night with Olympus Mons jutting through
the clouds.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120421/ISp21Apr12.jpg
Also, I've recently launched a new-look website (at my usual
astro-sharp.com url). Image in the top blog entry here:
http://astro-sharp.com
Best Regards
Ian SHARP (Ham, WS, the
¤·····Subject: The Story of Saturn's F
Ring ... From Cassini
Received; 24 April 2012 at 06:20 JST
April
23, 2012
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
Today the Cassini Imaging Team presents to you a glimpse of what
patience, care and painstaking analysis can bring. And it is glorious.
Recall the F ring of Saturn ... a solitary ring of icy debris, lying
outside Saturn's main rings, that first came into view during the
historic Voyager flybys of Saturn in the early 1980s. Voyager found a
bright ring, shepherded into a tight orbital corridor by two of Saturn's
moons, Prometheus and Pandora, the so-called `shepherd moons'. But it
was the complexity of this ring that baffled: isolated bright clumps,
individual strands, braided regions, kinky segments all seemed at the
time to be inexplicable.
Fast forward 22 years, Cassini arrives at Saturn, and finds more of the
same. But this time, it's different: now we imaging scientists have
the luxury of observing the behavior of this ring closely for extended
periods of time.
And that we've done. Tens of thousands of Cassini images later, we have
come finally to understand the intricate workings of this most beguiling
ring.
Go to...
http://www.ciclops.org
... and find a link to a smorgasbord of images and movie clips
illustrating the cause of the F ring's myriad structures, as well as an
updated Captain's Log.
(A news release, associated with these results and distributed moments
ago, is attached.)
And so, we continue our Saturnian explorations knowing, with a certain
satisfaction and pleasure, that one of our solar system's finest
mysteries has yielded finally to our scrutiny.
Next, our voyage takes us out of the equatorial plane and up and over
the rings, where we will enjoy repeated and prolonged looks at the
intricate structures therein, and the polar regions of the planet. With
nothing in our way, it's full speed ahead.
Enjoy!
Carolyn PORCO (Boulder, CO)
Cassini Imaging Team Leader
Director, CICLOPS
http://ciclops.org
http://twitter.com/carolynporco
http://www.facebook.com/carolynporco
¤·····Subject: Mars April 21
Received; 24 April 2012 at 05:11 JST
Attached
is an RGB composite captured at 1:52UT, 4/21. Poor to fair seeing at the time,
and a hint of terminator projection cloud at the 1 O'Clock position.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120421/SWk21Apr12.jpg
Sean WALKER (Manchester, NH)
¤·····Subject: Mars 13 April
Received; 24 April 2012 at 03:28 JST
Hi
All,
I have attached belated RGB Mars images from 13 April.
The seeing was poor. The Syrtis Blue Cloud was visible as well as a
brilliant Elysium orographic on the PM limb. There were also clouds
over Aeria and Libya-Isidis.
Hellas appeared dull in red light and was apparently overlaid with
cloud rather than frost.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120413/DPk13Apr12.jpg
Best,
Don
PARKER (
¤·····Subject: Saturn 21April 2012
Received; 23 April 2012 at 19:40 JST
Hi Guys
This is a stack from many avis from 2300 to 2400 none of which showed any spots individually. The seeing here was violent jitter but no warping . Cassini was just a blur. Autostakkert worked very well.
Best wishes
www.david-tyler.com
Ham call G4PIE
Dave TYLER (Bucks, the
¤·····Subject: Mars - April 19, 2012 -
Poor seeing conditions.
Received; 23 April 2012 at 14:08 JST
My Mars images from April 19, 2012 in very poor seeing.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120419/FWl19Apr12.jpg
Freddy WILLEMS (
¤·····Subject: Mars - April 15, 2012 -
Variable seeing conditions
Received; 23 April 2012 at 14:07 JST
My Mars images from April 15, 2012 in variable seeing
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120415/FWl15Apr12.jpg
Freddy WILLEMS (
¤·····Subject: Mars - April 14, 2012
Average seeing conditions
Received; 23 April 2012 at 14:06 JST
My
set from April 14, 2012
Average, variable seeing conditions.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120414/FWl14Apr12.jpg
Freddy WILLEMS (
¤·····Subject: Mars images from March and
April
Received; 23 April 2012 at 10:59 JST
Gentlemen,
Attached are some images from March and April that I finally got a chance to
process.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120307/PGc07Mar12.jpg
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120312/PGc12Mar12.jpg
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120410/PGc10Apr12.jpg
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120417/PGc17Apr12.jpg
Regards,
Peter
GORCZYNSKI (Oxford, CT)
¤·····Subject: mars 21 april
Received; 23 April 2012 at 10:15 JST
Hi
Very bad seeing & avrage atmosphere &
variable condition.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120421/SGh21Apr12.jpg
Best Wishes,
Sadegh GHOMIZADEH
(Tehran, IRAN)
¤·····Subject: mars.19.april.
Received; 22 April 2012 at 08:50 JST
Hi
Mars at this year was not good for us
because changed CLIMATE & we had always unstable weather &
variable condition.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120419/SGh19Apr12.jpg
Best Wishes,
Sadegh GHOMIZADEH
(Tehran, IRAN)
¤·····Subject: Mars: April 20, 2012
Received; 21 April 2012 at 15:05 JST
Hi -
I have attached my latest images
of Mars April 20, 2012 to be posted.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120420/FMl20Apr12.jpg
Thanks,
Frank J MELILLO (
¤·····Subject: Mars 19 April
Received; 21 April 2012 at 13:17 JST
Hi All,
I have attached some RGB Mars images from 19 April.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120419/DPk19Apr12.jpg
The Olympus Mons
orographic cloud was brilliant on the PM limb. A
diffuse cloud band was seen running across Isidid-Aethiopis into
Elysium. Lemuria was centered above the NPC.
Best,
Don
PARKER (
¤·····Subject: Mars image 18, 19 April
Received; 20 April 2012 at 22:53 JST
Hi all
I
attach mars image on 18, 19 April 2012
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120418/Ak18Apr12.jpg
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120419/Ak19Apr12.jpg
Best Wishes
Tomio
AKUTSU (Cebu, the
¤·····Subject: Mars April 13, 2012
Received; 20 April 2012 at 17:24 JST
My
Mars images from April 13, 2012.
Seeing was not that great while recording but the set turns out great, wish
I recorded some more sets that night !.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120413/FWl13Apr12.jpg
Freddy WILLEMS (
¤·····Subject:
Mars April 12, 2012
Received;
20 April 2012 at 17:23 JST
My
Mars session from April 12, 2012, Seeing was above average.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120412/FWl12Apr12.jpg
Freddy WILLEMS (
¤·····Subject: Mars 2012-04-19, 22:41:36 UT
Received; 20 April 2012 at 09:26 JST
Hi
all,
here my mars from tonight. Unfortunately I could capture only 1
sequence, then the cloud cover again was closed. Fortunately the Seeing
was quite calm, so a few details on the small disc can be recognized
nevertheless.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120419/SKw19Apr12.png
Cheers
Silvia KOWOLIK (Ludwigsburg, GERMANY)
¤·····Subject: Re: ISMO note on RGB/LRGB
imaging
Received; 20 April 2012 at 07:01 JST
Dear
Masatsugu,
I feel relieved to have a bit of news from you ! I did not know that you
had problem to write :(. This is a difficult situation for someone like
you ; and I can just wish that things will improve...
On next time, I'll send you a short essay about the 2005 october dust
observed by MGS, a bit like the one I wrote about the bright Olympus.
Best wishes,
Christophe PELLIER (
¤·····Subject: Mars (March 30th, 2012.)
Received; 19 April 2012 at 07:56 JST
Hi
all,
The last session from March. The frosty Hellas is nicely seen with Syrtis Major
well placed.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120330/DPc30Mar12.jpg
http://www.damianpeach.com/mars1112/2012_03_30rgb.jpg
Best Wishes
Damian PEACH
(Selsey, WS, the
¤·····Subject: Solar images 17-Apr-2012
Received; 19 April 2012 at 07:18 JST
Hi Guys we missed the big bang in UK but 1149 is very photogenic, with a small flare going on. Here it is in both single stack and DS (enlarged from lower mag).
The prom now imaged on 3 consecutive days.
Best wishes
www.david-tyler.com
Ham call G4PIE
Dave TYLER (Bucks,
the
¤·····Subject: Mars - April 17th, 23:57ut
Received; 19 April 2012 at 06:11 JST
Hi Mr. Murakami, Here I submit my latest session from the 17th of april under bad conditions but enough for one set before the curtain closed, Clear Skies.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120417/EMr17Apr12.jpg
Efrain MORALES RIVERA (
¤·····Subject: Mars on 17 April
Received; 19 April 2012 at 05:23 JST
Dear
all,
Still good seeing here but this time less luck with focus. Nothing much
changing from day to day on Mars.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120417/JWr17Apr12.jpg
All the best,
Johan WARELL (
¤·····Subject: ISMO note on RGB/LRGB imaging
Received; 19 April 2012 at 04:26 JST
Dear
Masatsugu,
We had no news from you on the past days but you and your family are
certainly going closer to go along with the situation. I just hope that
you're going to face it...
I don't know how things are going now for our ISMO ; but as planned here
is my proposal of note on a comparison between RGB and LRGB.
Take care and please receive my friendly thoughts.
Christophe PELLIER (
¤·····Subject: Mars (March 29th - Part 2.)
Received; 18 April 2012 at 23:53 JST
Hi
all,
With the help of our good friend winjupos i added some more data into the RGB
from this session. It gave a more pleasing and smoother result.
Hellas looks very interesting. It looks frosted to me as the bright edge is
very well defined - rather reminds me of how the edge of the large NPC looks
peeping through the hood. I wonder what the MRO imagery suggests.....
http://www.damianpeach.com/mars1112/2012_03_29rgb02.jpg
Damian PEACH
(Selsey, WS, the
¤·····Subject: Mars (March 29th, 2012.)
Received; 18 April 2012 at 22:35 JST
Hi
all,
Some images from the 29th. An interesting swirl of cloud over Baltia and the
bright cloud extending out of Hellas mentioned by Christophe Pellier.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120329/DPc29Mar12.jpg
http://www.damianpeach.com/mars1112/2012_03_29rgb.jpg
Best Wishes
Damian PEACH
(Selsey, WS, the
¤·····Subject: Mars 30-March-2012
Received; 18 April 2012 at 20:35 JST
Hi Guys here is an earlier unprocessed Mars image that has got to the front of the processing queue.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120330/DTy30Mar12.jpg
Best wishes
www.david-tyler.com
Ham call G4PIE
Dave TYLER (Bucks,
the
¤·····Subject: Saturn 17 April 2012
Received; 18 April 2012 at 13:49 JST
Hi all
I attach saturn image on 17 April 202. Seeing was good.
There is small white spot in NNTZ.
Best Wishes,
Tomio AKUTSU (Cebu, the
¤·····Subject: Re: Saturn vom 2012-04-16
Received; 17 April 2012 at 14:42 JST
Your
image looks very familliar! My late night seeing is usually not
very good so I have to be persistent. Last night was the best so far for
my new TEC MC200 8" f/20 Mak-Cass. Hope you like.
Richard HILL (Tucson, AZ)
¤·····Subject: Saturn vom 17.04.2012
Received; 17 April 2012 at 13:26 JST
Hi,
heute Nacht konnte ich
mit meinem 8" Newton mal wieder Saturn aufnehmen,
ehe die Wolkendecke zuzog. DMK 31AF03.AS, Gain bei 1000, 1/15 Sekunde
Belichtungszeit, pro Farbkanal 2 Minuten mit 15 fps...
Grüße
Silvia KOWOLIK (Ludwigsburg, GERMANY)
¤·····Subject: April 16 Mega-Prom
Received; 17 April 2012 at 10:12 JST
Hi All,
Hopefully many of you were able to see the
huge prom that erupted after the flare event on the sun's eastern limb
today. I imaged the event between 18:14
and 18:38 UT on the 16th. Attached are
some of the images. The scope was a
Lunt 100 with a DMK 41 camera. It was
an awesome sight in the eyepiece as well!!
By far the biggest prom I've seen!
More shots of today's event at:
http://scopetrader.com/jimlafferty/?page=59
Jim LAFFERTY (Redlands, CA)
¤·····Subject: solar Prom 16-Apr-2012
Received;
17 April 2012 at 09:25 JST
Hi guys
The prom shown on the 15th had grown a bit by
the 16th.( shown flipped vertically )
At the time of typing 0018 on the
17th, there is a nice CME in progress 90 degs away on the SE
quadrant
http://halpha.nso.edu/keep/hag/201204/20120417/20120417001814Mh.jpg
Lets hope there is still some activity there
by the morning here in UK
Best wishes
www.david-tyler.com
Ham call G4PIE
Dave TYLER (Bucks, the
¤·····Subject:
Mars on 15 and 16 April
Received;
17 April 2012 at 07:18 JST
Hi
all,
Two images of Mars on with pretty orographics over Tharsis and white clouds
near the shrinking cap. Too bad Mars is shrinking too...
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120416/JWr16Apr12.jpg
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120415/JWr15Apr12.jpg
Best wishes,
Johan WARELL (
¤·····Subject: Cassini Weekend Flybys of
Enceladus and Tethys
Received; 17 April 2012 at 01:34 JST
April
16, 2012
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
Over the weekend, Cassini executed its 19th very close flyby of Saturn's
moon, Enceladus, and its best imaging encounter with the moon, Tethys,
since September 2005.
The 2005 Tethys encounter provided the most detailed images of Tethys
taken so far and captured views of the side of Tethys that faces Saturn
in its orbit. This weekend's encounte, though not as close as in 2005,
caught the opposite side of Tethys, providing some of the best resolved
images of the side that faces away from Saturn.
Because of its spectacular and eminently accessible jets of fine icy
particles and vapor, believed to be issuing from a sub-surface,
organic-rich sea of salty water underlying an anomalously warm south
polar cap, Enceladus is the most promising place in our solar system for
understanding how life might have arisen in the organic-rich oceans of
early Earth, and perhaps for finding extraterrestrial life itself.
Raw, unprocessed images from these flybys are available now on the
CICLOPS website.
Go to ....
http://www.ciclops.org/view_event/170/Enceladus_and_Tethys_Rev_164_Raw_Preview
.... and check them out.
And if today is Monday, it must be the day we are treated to Cassini's
Image of the Week. This week, we again feature Enceladus,
joined by
Saturn's largest moon, Titan, the only body in the solar system whose
surface is dotted with seas of liquid hydrocarbons.
http://www.ciclops.org/view/7109/The_Tale_Continues
Together, they are the two most fascinating moons of any we have seen in
orbit around our Sun.
Enjoy!
Carolyn PORCO (Cassini Imaging Team Leader, Boulder, CO)
http://twitter.com/carolynporco
http://www.facebook.com/carolynporco
¤·····Subject: Solar images 15th-April 2012
Received; 16 April 2012 at 22:35 JST
Hi Guys
there was a very nice prom on display today, but I only managed one
surface region AR 11455 before the clouds stopped play .
Best wishes
www.david-tyler.com
Ham call G4PIE
Dave TYLER (Bucks, the
¤·····Subject: Sun today
Received; 16 April 2012 at 08:07 JST
Hi another chance to take some images of the Sun, here is a prominence take with the PST in moded version to 60mm f/7 working at f/14
http://www.astrosurf.com/pcasquinha/prom_120415.jpg
Solar disk mosaic with the standard PST, 9 images @ f/20
http://www.astrosurf.com/pcasquinha/sun120415.jpg
color version
http://www.astrosurf.com/pcasquinha/sun120415_c.jpg
Best Regards
Paulo
CASQUINHA (
¤·····Subject: Mars (March 28th, 2012.)
Received; 16 April 2012 at 06:01 JST
Hi
all,
Here are some images from the 28th. A good view of Sinus Meridiani. Once again
the Syrtis blue cloud is prominent.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120328/DPc28Mar12.jpg
http://www.damianpeach.com/mars1112/2012_03_28rgb.jpg
Best Wishes
Damian
PEACH
(Selsey, WS, the
¤·····Subject: Mars 14-April-2012
Received; 15 April 2012 at 23:19 JST
Hi Guys I managed to grab a Mars Imaging run in the cloud gaps last night seeing very jittery but useable.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120414/DTy14Apr12.jpg
www.david-tyler.com Dave TYLER (Bucks, the ¤·····Subject: Mars (March 27th, 2012.) Received; 15 April 2012 at 21:56 JST Hi
all, http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120327/DPc27Mar12.jpg Damian PEACH
(Selsey, WS, the ¤·····Subject: Mars image 11,14 April Received; 15 April 2012 at 21:39 JST Hi all
I attach recent Mars image on 11 and 14 April
2012
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120411/Ak11Apr12.jpg Best Wishes Tomio AKUTSU (Cebu, the ¤·····Subject: Mars (March 26th, 2012.) Received; 15 April 2012 at 19:13 JST Hi all, http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120326/DPc26Mar12.jpg Damian PEACH
(Selsey, WS, the ¤·····Subject: Saturn + storms, April 13 Received; 15 April 2012 at 14:19 JST
Hi all, apologies for being a day late with
this posting... here is Anthony WESLEY (Murrumbateman, NSW, Australia) ¤·····Subject: Mars: April 14, 2012 Received; 15 April 2012 at 14:15 JST Hi - I have attached my latest image of Mars
April 14, 2012 at 4:25 UT to be posted. Thanks and Hope is all well
with Masatsugu MINAMI. http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120414/FMl14Apr12.jpg Frank J MELILLO ( ¤·····Subject: Mars - April 12th, 01:05ut Received; 15 April 2012 at 13:54 JST Hi Mr. Murakami, My latest session from the
12th of april under below average conditions, Clear Skies. http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120412/EMr12Apr12.jpg Efrain
MORALES RIVERA ( ¤·····Subject: Mars 2012-04-11 Received; 15 April 2012 at 13:52 JST Hi all, http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120411/SKw11Apr12.png ¤·····Subject: Mars 2012-04-13 Received; 15 April 2012 at 13:16 JST Hi all, ¤·····Subject: Re: Notice / CMO Received; 15 April 2012 at 06:03 JST Thank you for this information and I am very
sorry to hear that Masatsugu Minami is unwell. Please do give him my best
personal regards and I shall have him in my thoughts: I will not trouble him
with email now. With best wishes from the UK ¤·····Subject:
mars 10 apr Received;
15 April 2012 at 05:33 JST Mars are
quickly fading as the planet ANOTHER has not that MAGNITUDE. http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120410/SGh10Apr12.jpg Best Wishes Sadegh GHOMIZADEH (Tehran, IRAN) ¤·····Subject:
response to CMO message Received;
15 April 2012 at 04:20 JST Dear Masami, Samuel WHITBY (Hopewell, VA) ¤·····Subject: Mars (March 25th, 2012.) Received; 14 April 2012 at 20:55 JST Hi all, ¤·····Subject: venus on 9 april Received; 14 April 2012 at 11:35 JST Hi Guys Poor seeing & unstable atmosphere that was
total variable condition. Best Wishes
Sadegh GHOMIZADEH (Tehran, IRAN) ¤·····Subject:
mars 9 apr Received;
14 April 2012 at 09:46 JST Hi Poor seeing & unstable atmosphere that was
total variable condition. http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120409/SGh09Apr12.jpg Best Wishes Sadegh GHOMIZADEH (Tehran, IRAN) ¤·····Subject: Mars April 1-2012 Received; 13 April 2012 at 18:05 JST Hi Guys Bit late but you know how it is! Fair
seeing for the 41deg alt. http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120401/DTy01Apr12.jpg Best wishes www.david-tyler.com Dave TYLER (Bucks,
the ¤·····Subject: Mars 2012-04-12, 23:21:56 UT Received; 13 April 2012 at 11:48 JST Hi all, ¤·····Subject: Saturn, April 12 , red light
improved image, NED storm candidates Received; 13 April 2012 at 10:28 JST One more image - this one from a little
earlier when I found better Anthony WESLEY (Murrumbateman,
NSW, Australia) ¤·····Subject: Saturn in good seeing, April 12
with NED candidate storm Received; 13 April 2012 at 09:32 JST Hi all, Anthony WESLEY (Murrumbateman, NSW, Australia) ¤·····Subject: Your Health Received; 13 April 2012 at 06:03 JST Dear Masatsugu, Don PARKER ( ¤·····Subject: Re: Notice / CMO Received; 13 April 2012 at 05:57 JST Dear Masami, ¤·····Subject: from bill sheehan Received; 13 April 2012 at 01:32 JST Dear Masatsugu, I was
deeply saddened to hear of your health problems and of the need to discontinue your work with the
CMO/ISMO projects.
I can only wish you a speedy recovery-- if there is anything I can do to help let me know. Best
wishes, my old friend, Bill SHEEHAN ( ¤·····Subject: Mars - April 10th, 02:00ut Received; 13 April 2012 at 00:21 JST Hi Mr. Murakami, Here is my latest session
from the 10th of april under above average conditions, Clear Skies to All. http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120410/EMr10Apr12.jpg Efrain MORALES RIVERA ( ¤·····Subject: Mars Observing Report Received; 13 April 2012 at 00:07 JST Greetings, Some of the members of our local astronomy
club went to West Delray Regional Park for some mostly deep sky observing.
The sky was forecast to be clear with good transparency. It wasn’t.
I did manage to make a Mars observation under fair seeing of 7 which dropped to
3 as the clouds moved in. Transparency dropped from 4th magnitude to 0 before
I could use the blue and green filters. The Martian clouds, however,
showed up well in the W8 yellow filter. I thought I might have caught a
hint of Hyblaeus in the red filter, but no sign of it in yellow. At best,
I think I can only see large details when Mars is this size…and shrinking. Regards, Jay ALBERT ( ¤·····Subject: Mars (March 24th, 2012.) Received; 12 April 2012 at 04:51 JST Hi all, http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120324/DPc24Mar12.jpg Best Wishes ¤·····Subject: Saturn images 31th march 2012 Received; 12 April 2012 at 03:47 JST Hi all, ¤·····Subject: Re: Notice / CMO Received; 12 April 2012 at 03:02 JST Dear Masami, I am very sorry to read this. Please send my warmest regards to
Masatsugu for his well being. I hope that the illness will be mild and that he
can continue with his important work on Mars. I also hope you will be able to
maintain the web site and the printed CMO in due course. It is an important and
very appreciated comminicarions channel for the planetary community. Best regards, Johan WARELL ( ¤·····Subject: Solar images 1 April 2012 Received;
12 April 2012 at 01:42 JST Hi Guys here are a couple of
shots of the spectacular disturbances in the active region AR11445 as it
approaches the off limb, and the return of AR 11429 on the "on" limb,
with its impressive filament. Best
wishes www.david-tyler.com Dave TYLER (Bucks,
the ¤·····Subject: MARS - April 04, 2012 - RED and
GREEN channel ¤·····Subject: MARS - April 03, 2012 Just RED
and IR channel Received;
11 April 2012 at 15:25 JST Missing some channels due to
cloud cover, just post what I have. http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120403/FWl03Apr12.jpg http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120404/FWl04Apr12.jpg Freddy WILLEMS ( ¤·····Subject: Mars - April 9th, 00:34,
03:22ut Received;
11 April 2012 at 15:08 JST Hi Mr. Murakami, Sorry to hear
the news of Mr. Minami I hope he gets well soon. Here is my latest processed
session from the 9th of April below average conditions, Clear Skies. http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120409/EMr09Apr12.jpg Efrain MORALES RIVERA ( ¤·····Subject:
Mars 10 April Received;
11 April 2012 at 13:12 JST Hi All, http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120410/DPk10Apr12.jpg Don PARKER ( ¤·····Subject: Re: Notice / CMO Received;
11 April 2012 at 11:15 JST Dear Masami that is bad
new. I thank him for all of his efforts these past Dave TYLER (Bucks,
the ¤·····Subject: Saturn, April 9 Received; 11 April
2012 at 09:03 JST Hi all, here is an image of
Saturn in poor seeing from April 9. The ¤·····Subject: Mars from 23rd March, 24th
March, 25th March, 27th March, 29th March Received; 11 April 2012 at 05:47 JST Hi, Bit of a Mars extravaganza here now my backlog
of processing has been cleared. Images from 23rd, 24th, 25th, 27th and
29th March, all in reasonable to good seeing. http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120323/MLw23Mar12.jpg http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120324/MLw24Mar12.jpg http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120325/MLw25Mar12.jpg http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120327/MLw27Mar12.jpg http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120329/MLw29Mar12.jpg Also included is a DSLR shot of Mars in Leo
from 19th March and a comparison image showing the relative size of the details
on Mars, Jupiter and Saturn all at the same image scale. Shows you how small
the fine details are on Mars during this apparition. Regards, Martin
LEWIS (St Albans, the ¤·····Subject: mars 7 April Received; 11 April 2012 at 05:21 JST Hi Fair condition only for mars I took one
image PLS see you it. http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120407/SGh07Apr12.jpg Best Wishes Sadegh GHOMIZADEH
(Tehran, IRAN) ¤·····Subject: Mars 2012.04.09 Received; 11 April 2012 at 02:35 JST Dears, http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120409/MDc09Apr12.jpg Marc DELCROIX
( ¤·····Subject: Mars on 8 April Received; 11 April 2012 at 01:08 JST Dear colleagues, Johan WARELL ( ¤·····Subject: Re: Notice / CMO Received; 10 April 2012 at 21:55 JST Dear Masami, I am very saddened to hear of Masatsugu's
illness. Please pass on my warmest regards to him and his family. Best Wishes ·····Subject: Re: Notice / CMO Received; 10 April 2012 at 21:24 JST Dear Masatsugu, dear Masami This is a sadly news that you're sending to us
and I feel really sorry of it. The disease is very difficult, yet I just hope
that modern medicine will allow you to go along with it ; perhaps that if it
has just begun you could feel better in a short term ? Now I don't know exactly how the editorial
activity itself will be impacted ? I just wanted to tell you, that, as I have
informed you already, I have many ideas of ISMO notes to write and that I am
able to fill gaps if they exist, just to help maintaining the publication. Just wish you all the possible best... Christophe PELLIER ( ======================================== ======================================== ¤·····Subject: Solar images 28-March-2012 Received; 10 April 2012 at 18:45 JST Hi Guys is a progress image of
ar11445 taken in better seeing than of late . Quite a
structure . Once again I am amazed by the 6 different types of backgrounds
in the picture, their boundaries blend smoothly and quickly with the adjacent
ones.
We also have a couple of Prom images
from the day. www.david-tyler.com Dave TYLER (Bucks, the ¤·····Subject: Mars - April 02, 2012 - Olympus
Mons on CM Received; 10 April 2012 at 11:13 JST Reworked my image from April 02, 2012 a bit. http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120402/FWl02Apr12.jpg Freddy WILLEMS ( ¤·····Subject: Mars in great seeing (March
23rd, 2012.) Received; 10 April 2012 at 01:35 JST Hi all, Damian PEACH (Selsey, WS, the ¤·····Subject: Mars drawing on 08Apr2012
11:50GMT Received; 09 April 2012 at 23:08 JST Dear Dr. Minami, Please find attached my
latest F/10 SCT is unexpectedly (sorry Mr. President
of Meade Instrument!) superb! Good Weather/Health!
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120408/Kn08Apr12.jpg ¤·····Subject: First light on Mars Received; 09 April 2012 at 15:24 JST Hi, Through an odd set of circumstances over the
last 2 weeks, I acquired a TEC MC200 8" f/20 Maksutov-Cass. A friend of
mine from my church helped me breakdown the C14 and install the TEC on
Saturday. (I only have one working arm right now with a torn rotator awaiting
surgery.) Last night I did alignment through broken clouds. http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120409/RHl09Apr12.jpg Richard HILL (Tucson, AZ) ¤·····Subject: MARS- April 02, 2012 - Variable
seeing conditions Received; 09 April 2012 at 14:13 JST Hi Gentlemen, http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120402/FWl02Apr12.jpg Freddy WILLEMS ( ¤·····Subject: Solar images 24-March-2012 Received; 09 April 2012 at 09:36 JST Hi guys There was quite a nice coronal loop
prominence from ar 11445 and over the limb. Best wishes www.david-tyler.com Dave TYLER (Bucks, the ¤·····Subject: Mars (March 21st, 2012.) Received; 09 April 2012 at 05:06 JST Hi all, Best Wishes http://www.damianpeach.com/mars1112/2012_03_21rgb.jpg Damian
PEACH (Selsey, WS, the ¤·····Subject: Mars April 6th and 8th 2012 Received; 09 April 2012 at 03:32 JST Hear are a couple of Mars images April 8th 2012 @ 04:04 UT Ed GRAFTON (Houston, TX) ¤·····Subject: mars 6 april Received; 09 April 2012 at 01:53 JST Hi On 6 April was fair seeing http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120406/SGh06Apr12.jpg Sadegh GHOMIZADEH
(Tehran, IRAN) ¤·····Subject: Mars (March 19th, 2012.) Received; 09 April 2012 at 01:33 JST Hi all, Best Wishes http://www.damianpeach.com/mars1112/2012_03_19rgb.jpg Damian
PEACH (Selsey, WS, the ¤·····Subject: Mars - April 7th, 01:46ut Received; 08 April 2012 at 20:48 JST Hi Mr. Murakami, This is my latest session
from the 7th of april under not so ideal conditions, Clear Skies. http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120407/EMr07Apr12.jpg Efrain MORALES RIVERA ( ¤·····Subject: MARS - April 01, 2012 -
Variable seeing conditions Received; 08 April 2012 at 18:08 JST My MARS session from April 01, 2012 in
variable seeing conditions http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120401/FWl01Apr12.jpg Freddy WILLEMS ( ¤·····Subject: Mars: April 7, 2012 Received; 08 April 2012 at 14:44 JST Hi - I have attached my latest images of Mars
April 7, 2012 to be posted. http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120407/FMl07Apr12.jpg Thanks, Frank J MELILLO ( ¤·····Subject: Mars: April
5, 2012 Received; 08 April 2012 at 14:42 JST Hi - I have attached my image of Mars
April 5, 2012 to be posted. http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120405/FMl05Apr12.jpg Frank J MELILLO ( ¤·····Subject: Bates Mars Image 04/08/2012 Mars image from 04/08/2012 enclosed with
notes. - - - - - - - - - - - - - Don
R. Bates Houston,
TX 250
L f/27 ToUcam
(no IR) 02:21
UT Apr
8 , 2012 Cm
= 331 Dia
= 11.9 as ¤·····Subject: Mars (March 18th, 2012.) Received; 08 April 2012 at 06:49 JST Hi all, Best Wishes http://www.damianpeach.com/mars1112/2012_03_18rgb.jpg Damian PEACH (Selsey, WS, the ¤·····Subject: Re: Mars
6 April: Another Terminator Cloud? Received;
08 April 2012 at 00:24 JST Good thing
my memory has not completely deteriorated to zero! The aftermath of dust in the atmosphere of Mars: we used to
discuss this often with Leonard Martin, Rich Zurek and Chick Capen (and others)
where a few days after a large dust cloud or storm is sighted a bright morning
limb arc would appear and then shortly after that a dull hood would form over
the polar region. Many times we forget
to look for this because some storms race across the surface of Mars so dusty
limb arcs or polar hazes are not noticed. While some
have postulated that the “limb projection” of 21 March 2012 may have been a
dust cloud it seems unlikely given the altitude of this phenomenon would extend
so far out (~380-Km) and most certainly would not be a terminator projection
given the slim defect angle of only 0.2 seconds of arc. Also, how Sunlight could reflect into the
empty void of space is a mystery to me!
It will be
some time before we determine what it is, but what it was not seems obvious to
me. The recent Parker image (07 Apr
2012) shows a terminator projection that is well within the confines of the
defect phase angle or terminator. Jeff BEISH
(Barsoomian) ¤·····Subject: Re: Mars 6 April: Another Terminator Cloud? Received;
07 April 2012 at 21:53 JST Too bad
Pathfinder lander isn’t alive since it is only around 1,600-Km away; may have a
good shot at a high cloud at that distance. Jeff BEISH (We
The People) ¤·····Subject: RE: Mars 6 April: Another Terminator
Cloud? Received;
07 April 2012 at 20:47 JST Goodness
Don! Howard ESKILDSEN ¤·····Subject: Mars
6 April: Another Terminator Cloud? Received;
07 April 2012 at 16:14 JST Hi All, http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120406/DPk06Apr12.jpg Don PARKER ( ¤·····Subject: mars
5 april.& venus Received;
07 April 2012 at 14:27 JST Hi Guys Sadegh GHOMIZADEH (Tehran, IRAN) ¤·····Subject: MARS
- March 29, 2012 - Freddy Willems Received;
07 April 2012 at 14:17 JST Seeing was
really not great for this Mars session. http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120329/FWl29Mar12.jpg Freddy WILLEMS ( ¤·····Subject: Mars,
4 and 5 April Received;
07 April 2012 at 06:57 JST Dear
colleagues, http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120404/JWr04Apr12.jpg http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120227/JWr27Feb12.jpg Best
wishes, Johan WARELL ( ¤·····Subject: Mars drawings Received; 07 April 2012 at 04:12 JST I've been a
bit quiet on the Mars front this apparition. Some images ¤·····Subject: Mars
- March 28, 2012 - Mars in Blue channel only animation. Received;
06 April 2012 at 15:10 JST I do not
know why I only took blue channel images that day. Freddy WILLEMS ( ¤·····Subject: Mars
- April 4th, 01:22ut Received;
06 April 2012 at 12:53 JST Hi Mr.
Minami & Mr. Murakami, Here is my latest session from the fourth of April,
Showing some interesting (possible) events in Syrtis Major (Orographic Clouds)
and at the NPC (N. Deuteronilus, Dust?) region, Clear Skies. http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120404/EMr04Apr12.jpg Efrain MORALES RIVERA ( ¤·····Subject: Re:
[hstjupiter] Jupiter
1 Apr-2012 Honest! Received;
06 April 2012 at 07:59 JST Hi Dave, John H. ROGERS ( the UK ) ¤·····Subject: Jupiter
1 Apr-2012 Honest! Received;
06 April 2012 at 06:51 JST Hi Guys It
was a bit tricky to acquire center and focus on such a low contrast target, The
red with no blocker gave the best image. The GRS was just recognisable on
screen, with the Sun only 31 degrees away. Time to say
good bye Jupiter until next time I think. www.david-tyler.com Dave TYLER (Bucks, the ¤·····Subject: Re:
Dust in Meridiani Planum Received;
06 April 2012 at 04:32 JST Yeah, I
thought Meridiani Sinus was fuzzy, but didn’t see any bright red spot
there. Others may have detected dust
there: 2012-04-01-2141UT,
Javler Beltran Jova (Image) 2012-04-03 0000UT Meridani Sinus fuzzy, not bright,
Jeff Beish (Visual) 2012-04-04 0000UT Meridani Sinus fuzzy, not bright,
Jeff Beish (Visual) 2012-04-04
0204UT, Wayne Jaeschke (Image) 2012-04-05 0000UT shows Meridani Sinus ill defined, not
bright, Jeff Beish (Visual) Seeing here
was not good enough to see dust. Will look tonight, conditions permitting. Jeff BEISH (We The People) ¤·····Subject: Dust in Meridiani Planum Received; 06 April 2012 at 04:02 JST Hi All, Don PARKER ( ¤·····Subject: Mars images 1st april 2012 Hi all,
some images of the bright Hellas : http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120401/CPl01Apr12.jpg Christophe PELLIER ( ¤·····Subject:
Saturn, Moons Dione, Tethys - April 3rd, 03:47ut Received; 05 April 2012 at 23:15 JST Hi Mr.
Minami & Mr. Murakami, Here is my latest session of Saturn and two of its
moons from the 3rd of April 03:47ut after my session with Mars, Clear Skies. Efrain MORALES RIVERA ( ¤·····Subject:
Mars - April 3rd, 02:55ut Received;
05 April 2012 at 23:09 JST Hi Mr.
Minami & Mr. Murakami, Here is my latest session of Mars from the 3rd of
April 02:55ut, Clear Skies. Efrain MORALES RIVERA ( ¤·····Subject: A local dust on Meridiani Received;
05 April 2012 at 16:20 JST Dear Dr.
Minami, Dr. Parker, Christophe, all,
¤·····Subject:
Mars: April 3, 2012 Received;
05 April 2012 at 14:41 JST Hi - I
have attached my latest image of Mars April 3, 2012 to be posted. http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120403/FMl03Apr12.jpg
Thanks, Frank J MELILLO ( ¤·····Subject:
Mars 4 April Received;
05 April 2012 at 11:36 JST Hi All, http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120404/DPk04Apr12.jpg Don PARKER ( ¤·····Subject:
Mars Sketch o3 April 2012 Received;
05 April 2012 at 10:04 JST Sirs: http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120403/MRs03Apr12.jpg I had OK
seeing but only for about 20 minutes. I hope your good seeing lasts
longer than that. ¤·····Subject: Mars 29-March-2012 Received; 05 April 2012 at 08:29 JST Hi
Guys Dave TYLER (Bucks, the ¤·····Subject:
More Mars images Received; 04 April 2012 at 17:53 JST Dear all, Sending you
three new Mars images from March 22, 26, 27 and April 1. Also, revised
processing for Mar 19, 23 and 25. http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120401/JWr01Apr12.jpg See
also: WARELL, Johan 19, 22. 23, 25, 26, 27
March 2012 Best
regards, and have a lovely Easter, Johan WARELL ( Back to
the CMO/ISMO Façade / CMO Home Page
Ham call G4PIE
Poor to fair seeing on this night. Bright clouds over Chryse/Tempe. Blue Syrtis
cloud is prominent again.
http://www.damianpeach.com/mars1112/2012_03_27rgb.jpg
Best Wishes
Fair seeing for this session. Prominent Syrtis Blue cloud.
http://www.damianpeach.com/mars1112/2012_03_26rgb.jpg
Best Wishes
Saturn from Friday night showing many storms and an interesting
horizontal streak of cloud (best seen in the red light enhanced image).
The horizontal streak has many compact bright spots embedded in it.
regards, Anthony
Link:
http://www.acquerra.com.au/astro/gallery/saturn/20120413-141549/large.jpg
here my mars image from April 11th.
If I compare all the images from 11, 12 and 13th I think, there is a
smal separated ice field ore a bright cloud outside the dark ring
arround the north icecap pointing to an area near lemuria?
Cheers
Silvia KOWOLIK (Ludwigsburg, GERMANY)
here my mars images from April 13th 2012.
Captured throug a thin layer of fog ore cirrusclouds in gaps of thicker
cummuliclouds. I had to use very long exposertimes (1/38 sec instead of
1/108 sec in blue), so the noisy images show not a lot of details and
image processing was very difficult...
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120413/SKw13Apr12.png
Cheers
Silvia KOWOLIK (Ludwigsburg, GERMANY)
Richard McKIM
(Peterborough, the UK)
I am rather worried after the message in regard to the health of Dr Minami, and
I would like to ask you if there is a telephone number at which I could try to
call him? Dr Minami has been modest and said that he does not speak
fluent English, but I wonder if he could hear a few words from his old American
friend. Is that a possibility? In any case, I will write to him and offer
my sympathy.
Sincerely,
Good seeing again for this session. Extensive cloudiness visible in Blue light
across Tharsis and Tempe.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120325/DPc25Mar12.jpg
http://www.damianpeach.com/mars1112/2012_03_25rgb.jpg
Best Wishes
Damian PEACH
(Selsey, WS, the
Ham call G4PIE
here my mars image from tonight.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120412/SKw12Apr12.png
Cheers
Silvia KOWOLIK
(Ludwigsburg, GERMANY)
seeing in the red channel. The image has been enhanced to show the
complex of storms present in the north.
Link:
http://www.acquerra.com.au/astro/gallery/saturn/20120412-163056/large.jpg
Some good seeing this morning between midnight and 3am :-) Here's an
image of Saturn showing the storm in the far north, it does seem to be a
bit more prominent than a few days ago. There are other, fainter, storms
visible to the south at the same approximate longitude. I've included an
inset that shows these storms more clearly with extra enhancement (red
light only).
I was having some problems with cooling the scope (my peltier was out of
action last night) and so there are some slight vertical ghosts caused
by mirror thermal currents. This will be fixed today :-)
Link:
http://www.acquerra.com.au/astro/gallery/saturn/20120412-163853/large.jpg
regards,
I was very upset when I received the
e-mail from Masami Murakami
concerning your health problems. You have been a wonderful friend and
supporter for all these years and I am keeping you in my prayers.
Best,
I am very
sorry to hear of Masatsugu's illness. he has been a good friend of me and of
amateur Mars observers for many years. I pray for his recovery.
Regards,
Don PARKER (
Good seeing though not as good as the night before. Near identical CML with
Ascraeus Mons on the limb poking through the Tharsis clouds.
http://www.damianpeach.com/mars1112/2012_03_24rgb.jpg
Damian PEACH (Selsey, WS, the
Here are some backloggued Saturn images. Seeing was good, especially for the
altitude of 34°. Some nodosities can be spotted.
http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/S2012_03_31-CPE
I currently do have a sampling problem with the F/32 prime focus of the
telescope, that is too high for this planet at least a low altitude. These
images are shot in bin 2x and resized 170 %. From next month I'll buy the new
1,3x Baader barlow lens to help things a bit.
Best wishes,
Christophe PELLIER (
Ham call G4PIE
I have attached some RGB Mars images from 10 April.
Hellas was only moderately bright in red, with faint details visible
on its floor. In blue light a bright cloud covers the Hellas basin.
Best,
years and send him my very best wishes in coping with this illness. I do
have an astro friend with Parkinsons who is actually coping well. I hope his
treatment will stabilise his condition.
Best Regards
image has been enhanced more than normal to highlight a storm that may
be producing lightning. The RPWS instrument on Cassini is detecting
lightning at a location of approximately 330 degrees System 3, and there
is a compact white spot visible in this image at a longitude of approx
311 degrees System 3 (between the two green bands in the planets north,
just right of centre).
I don't know if this is the storm that's producing the lightning or not,
time will tell.
There are a couple of other locations nearby that also may be storms,
but this one is the most prominent.
regards,
Links:
http://www.acquerra.com.au/astro/gallery/saturn/20120409-143056/large.jpg
Anthony WESLEY (Murrumbateman, NSW,
Australia)
Just before the bad weather coming in, Mars with my LX200 under average
conditions; a cloud can be seen over Elysium:
http://astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/m20120409-MDe.jpg
Sincerely,
A Mars image from April 8 under good seeing and clear dark skies.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120408/JWr08Apr12.jpg
Best regards,
Damian
PEACH (Selsey, WS, the
I can't imagine our observing community without the CMO/ISMO. If it's only the
paper issue that is stopped, but the PDF issue is still edited, that would be
ok for everyone I think.
(This
is sent by BCc to our Mars colleagues by the use of the mailing list owned by
the CMO.)
Dear CMO/ISMO readers,
We very regret that we are to inform you of the fact that our Chief Editor
Masatsugu MINAMI has fallen ill, more exactly he
is suffering from a kind of PARKINSON'S diseases from this month and at present
no one can replace his place, and hence
the distributions of the paper versions of CMO/ISMO will be stopped until
further notice. However CMO/ISMO Web Site will
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Ham call G4PIE
Made a comparison with the Calsky Olympus Mons.
If you look closely you can 'see' the black dot or the calendra and the
asymmetric escarpment structure.
Olympus Mons is on CM and seems to be cloudless.
Some excellent seeing here on this night for a while. I was able to capture
some very clear images of the Chryse hemisphere.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120323/DPc23Mar12.jpg
The B filter image show extensive delicate clouds across the western half of
the disk from Tharsis (where Ascraeus Mons appears as a very dark spot on the
limb.) Interesting delicate fingers of clouds extending over Acidalium. Chasma
Borealis is very distinct cutting into in the NPC. Bright haze over Argyre in
the far south.
http://www.damianpeach.com/mars1112/2012_03_23rgb.jpg
Best Wishes
drawing of Mars. The red planet is rapidly getting
smaller, but is still comfortably large enough with
a 750X magnification with Tani Optics' excellent
4mm orthoscopic eyepieces in the field of my Baader
Planetarium 60 degrees binoviewer. The optical
performance of my MEADE LX200-30ACF 12inch
Reiichi KONNAÏ (Fukushima,
JAPAN)
As I mentioned before, I had determined that at my site a 7-8" aperture
could do better than the C14 I was using. The seeing is just never good for the
full aperture.
Tonight, amid mediocre seeing and a mostly cirrus covered sky I got my first
image of Mars. I was not disappointed. This is at f/32 and is the best Mars
image of this apparition, maybe ever for me. I took a subsection of the image
with the pole and processed it to surpress the brightness of the cap and there
was Rima Tenuous. I have NEVER imaged this in my 45+ years of observing Mars.
Needless to say, I'm a happy camper awaiting a really good night.
Here is my April 02,2012 Mars set, seeing was again variable.
Ham call G4PIE
Poor seeing on this night. None the less, the brilliant clouds over Tharsis
persist and are easily seen.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120321/DPc21Mar12.jpg
April 6th 2012 @ 03:17 UT
http://www.egrafton.com/04-06-12.jpg
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120406/EGf06Apr12.jpg
http://www.egrafton.com/04-08-12.jpg
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120408/EGf08Apr12.jpg
Best Wishes
Pretty decent seeing for this session. All four Tharsis volcanoes are very
prominent poking through the clouds.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120319/DPc19Mar12.jpg
Received; 08 April
2012 at 14:36 JST
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120408/DBt08Apr12.jpg
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All the best from Texas,
Don R.
BATES (Houston, TX)
Here are some images
from March 18th. Poor to fair seeing. Bright clouds over Tharsis with the
volcanoes visible.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120318/DPc18Mar12.jpg
You get so much detail out of such a tiny object. Just think what you
could do with the moon!
I have attached RGB and UV Mars images from 6 April.
A very faint terminator projection was detected at approximate
latitude +13 degrees. It appears to be a cloud and was more prominent
in G and B light than in Red. A dust streak is still visible across
the NPC. Meridiani Sinus now appears normal for the season.
A mix of clouds and clear this night totaly OVERCAST I used
capture .some
images one of them is Mars PLS see you it.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120405/SGh05Apr12.jpg
Regards
Processed as much as I could to get some detail, lots of artifact due to
oversharpening.
Still working on a backlog.
Please accept my Mars images from April 4 and 5, as well as a revised image
from February 27. Hoping for clear weather and more images tomorrow night and
the following evening.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120405/JWr05Apr12.jpg
may come. In the meantime, here's two drawings. The opposition night
one was through substantial cloud.
http://www.davidarditti.co.uk
David ARDITTI (Edgware, Middlesex,
the UK )
I guess the seeing was crappy and I just want to show some cloud movement, O
well, I just made an animation of the 5 Avi captures in crappy seeing
conditions.
Don't look it's really bad !
http://stargazerslounge.com/attachments/imaging-planetary/84410d1333691986-mars-march-28-2012-blue-light-animation-crappy-mars-blue.gif
Congrats on those images -- well worth the effort, as the NEB looks
remarkable. This may be connected with the great outbreak which occurred
in mid-March on the other side of the planet, producing some impressive bright
rifts and the first big dark NEBs formations this apparition. The
outbreak may well grow in scale, and lead to northwards expansion, so any
images that anyone can get before solar conjnction would be worthwhile.
The appearance of the NEB in your April 1 images may be characteristic of the
IR, as it appears in Manos' IR image on March 22 but not in recent
(lower-resolution) RGB images.
best wishes, Best wishes
Ham call G4PIE
Reiichi Konnai has alertly noticed a dust streak on my 4 April Mars
image. It crosses the western fork of Meridiani Sinus. He sent me an
image from the MRO MARCI spacecraft that showed a small dust cloud in
that area which dissipated very quickly. See:
http://www.msss.com/msss_images/latest_weather.html
The Meridiani Planum should bear watching.
Many thanks to Mr. Konnai! I should have picked up on this, but I
get too immersed in image processing that I often miss the forest for
the trees -- yet another sign of age!
Best,Received; 06 April 2012 at 03:49 JST
http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/M2012_04_01-CPE
It's hard to decide wether the basin is frosted or if these are just clouds
yet. Probably both !
The images remind me some of my first "serious" Mars observations. It
was back in 1997, I was only drawing the planet at the eyepiece of my 7"
newtonian, and the martian season was identical ; the Hellas basin was very
bright as well. So these days I'm completing a full 15-years cycle of
observations !
http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/M19mars97
Best wishes,
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120403/EMr03Apr12.jpg
Attached here is an MRO MARCI image on 31
March
2012 showing a small(though almost 200km across)
local dust on the eastern claw of Sinus Meridiani
(the yellow arrow). The commentary on the week's
weather says“A small local dust storm occurred
approximately 800 km east of the Opportunity rover
on the 31st, but it dissipated by the next day.”
The excellent image taken by Donald PARKER on
04 April 2012 02:14GMT ω=005゜W clearly captured,
I believe, an exactly the same type of dust
phenomenon;its
location and extent are very much
alike to those on the MRO MARCI image.
As for the 31 March local dust event,
it seems
it hasn't been recorded on the images taken on the
same day by Christophe PELLIER, Jean-Jacques
POUPEAU and Marc DELCROIX. So that it seems probable
that the local dust occured at somewhere after the
dawn until local afternoon of the day.
Best Regards,
Reiichi KONNAÏ
(Fukushima, JAPAN)
I have attached RGB Mars images from 4 April.
The dust prominent streak across the NPC persists. On the PM limb,
Hellas was bright in all filters. In blue light a bright cloud was
seen overlaying this region.
Best,
Please find attached my recent observational sketch of Mars.
Best regards,
Michael ROSOLINA (Friars
Hill, WV, the USA)
Twin Sugars Observatory
Here are a trio taken in poor to fair seeing,
I have added the three images in a very short GIF animation, but it does serve
to demonstrate the Hellas cloud movement , which looks positionally a little
odd on the stills.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120329/DTy29Mar12.jpg
www.david-tyler.com
Ham call G4PIE