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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 (Nantes, FRANCE)

 

 

¤·····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 (Willmar, MN)

 

 

¤·····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 UK)

 

 

¤·····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  (Skivarp, SWEDEN)

 

 

¤·····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 UK)

 

 

¤·····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 (Aguadilla, PUERTO RICO)

 

 

¤·····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 PHILIPPINES)

 

 

¤·····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  (Skivarp, SWEDEN)

 

 

¤·····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 UK)

 

 

¤·····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  (Coral Gables, FL)

 

 

¤·····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 UK)

 

 

¤·····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 (Waipahu, HI, the USA)

 

 

¤·····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 (Waipahu, HI, the USA)

 

 

¤·····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 (Waipahu, HI, the USA)

 

 

¤·····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 (Holtsville, NY)

 

 

 

¤·····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  (Coral Gables, FL)

 

 

¤·····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 PHILIPPINES)

 

 

¤·····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 (Waipahu, HI, the USA)

 

 

¤·····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 (Waipahu, HI, the USA)

 

 

 

¤·····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 (Nantes, FRANCE)

 

 

¤·····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 UK)

 

 

¤·····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 UK)

 

 

¤·····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 (Aguadilla, PUERTO RICO)

 

 

¤·····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  (Skivarp, SWEDEN)

 

 

¤·····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 (Nantes, FRANCE)

 

 

¤·····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 UK)

 

 

¤·····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 UK)

 

 

¤·····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 UK)

 

       

¤·····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 PHILIPPINES)

 

 

 

¤·····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 UK)

 

       

¤·····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  (Skivarp, SWEDEN)

 

 

¤·····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://ciclops.org

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 UK)

 

 

¤·····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 (PORTUGAL)

 

 

¤·····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 UK)

 

 

¤·····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 

 

 

Best wishes

 

www.david-tyler.com
Ham call G4PIE

Dave TYLER (Bucks, the UK)

 

 

¤·····Subject: Mars (March 27th, 2012.)

Received; 15 April 2012 at 21:56 JST

 

Hi all,

Poor to fair seeing on this night. Bright clouds over Chryse/Tempe. Blue Syrtis cloud is prominent again.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120327/DPc27Mar12.jpg


http://www.damianpeach.com/mars1112/2012_03_27rgb.jpg

Best Wishes

 

Damian PEACH  (Selsey, WS, the UK)

 

 

¤·····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/2011/120414/Ak14Apr12.jpg

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120411/Ak11Apr12.jpg

 

Best Wishes

 

 

Tomio AKUTSU (Cebu, the PHILIPPINES)

          

 

¤·····Subject: Mars (March 26th, 2012.)

Received; 15 April 2012 at 19:13 JST

 

Hi all,

Fair seeing for this session. Prominent Syrtis Blue cloud.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120326/DPc26Mar12.jpg


http://www.damianpeach.com/mars1112/2012_03_26rgb.jpg

Best Wishes

 

Damian PEACH  (Selsey, WS, the UK)

 

 

¤·····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
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

 

 

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 (Holtsville, NY)

 

 

¤·····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 (Aguadilla, PUERTO RICO)

 

 

¤·····Subject: Mars 2012-04-11

Received; 15 April 2012 at 13:52 JST

 

Hi all,

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?

 

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120411/SKw11Apr12.png


Cheers


 
Silvia KOWOLIK (Ludwigsburg, GERMANY)

 

 

¤·····Subject: Mars 2012-04-13

Received; 15 April 2012 at 13:16 JST

 

Hi all,

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)

 

 

¤·····Subject: Re: Notice / CMO

Received; 15 April 2012 at 06:03 JST

 

Dear Mr Murakami

 

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


Richard McKIM  (Peterborough, 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,

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,

 

Samuel WHITBY (Hopewell, VA)

 

 

¤·····Subject: Mars (March 25th, 2012.)

Received; 14 April 2012 at 20:55 JST

          

Hi all,

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 UK)

 

 

¤·····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
Ham call G4PIE

Dave TYLER (Bucks, the UK)

 

 

¤·····Subject: Mars 2012-04-12, 23:21:56 UT

Received; 13 April 2012 at 11:48 JST

 

Hi all,

here my mars image from tonight.


http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120412/SKw12Apr12.png


Cheers


 
Silvia KOWOLIK (Ludwigsburg, GERMANY)

 

 

¤·····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
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

 

regards,

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,

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,

 

 Anthony WESLEY (Murrumbateman, NSW, Australia)

 

 

¤·····Subject: Your Health

Received; 13 April 2012 at 06:03 JST

 

Dear Masatsugu,
 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,

 

Don PARKER  (Coral Gables, FL)

 

 

¤·····Subject: Re: Notice / CMO

Received; 13 April 2012 at 05:57 JST

 

Dear Masami,
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  (Coral Gables, FL)

 

¤·····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 (Willmar, MN)

 

 

¤·····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 (Aguadilla, PUERTO RICO)

 

¤·····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 (Lake Worth, FL)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

¤·····Subject: Mars (March 24th, 2012.)

Received; 12 April 2012 at 04:51 JST

 

Hi all,

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.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120324/DPc24Mar12.jpg
 
http://www.damianpeach.com/mars1112/2012_03_24rgb.jpg

 

Best Wishes

Damian PEACH (Selsey, WS, the UK)

 

 

¤·····Subject: Saturn images 31th march 2012

Received; 12 April 2012 at 03:47 JST

 

Hi all,
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 (Nantes, FRANCE)

 

 

¤·····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  (Skivarp, SWEDEN)

 

 

¤·····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
Ham call G4PIE

Dave TYLER  (Bucks, the UK)

 

 

¤·····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 (Waipahu, HI, the USA)

 

 

¤·····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 (Aguadilla, PUERTO RICO)

 

 

¤·····Subject: Mars 10 April

Received; 11 April 2012 at 13:12 JST

 

Hi All,
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.

 

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120410/DPk10Apr12.jpg


Best,

 

Don PARKER  (Coral Gables, FL)

 

 

¤·····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
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

 

Dave TYLER (Bucks, the UK)

 

 

 

¤·····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
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)

 

 

 

¤·····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 UK)

 

 

¤·····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,

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

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120409/MDc09Apr12.jpg


Sincerely,

 

Marc DELCROIX (Tournefeuille, FRANCE)

 

 

¤·····Subject: Mars on 8 April

Received; 11 April 2012 at 01:08 JST

 

Dear colleagues,

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,

 

Johan WARELL (Skivarp, SWEDEN)

 

 

¤·····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


Damian PEACH (Selsey, WS, the UK)

 

 

·····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 ?
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.

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 (Nantes, FRANCE)

 

 ========================================
(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
continue to be issued regularly every month although some items will be largely missing. Please so check the CMO/ISMO
pages every day.
Communications with the Editor can be made without obstacles through the following mail addresses:
minami01230@nifty.com
and (please use Cc)
cmo@dti.mars.ne.jp
and so every reader is able to communicate with us through these addresses including LtE corners and Mars reports.

We are very sorry we are giving (possibly) great inconvenience to you. Mars however is not very far from the
earth at present and we sicerely expect your further work.


Best regards
Masami MURAKAMI
Director of the OAA Mars Section

========================================

 

¤·····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.

 

Best wishes 

 

www.david-tyler.com
Ham call G4PIE

Dave TYLER (Bucks, the UK)

 

 

¤·····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.
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.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120402/FWl02Apr12.jpg

 

Freddy WILLEMS (Waipahu, HI, the USA)

 

 

¤·····Subject: Mars in great seeing (March 23rd, 2012.)

Received; 10 April 2012 at 01:35 JST

 

Hi all,

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

 

Damian PEACH (Selsey, WS, the UK)

 

 

¤·····Subject: Mars drawing on 08Apr2012 11:50GMT

Received; 09 April 2012 at 23:08 JST

 

Dear Dr. Minami, Please find attached my latest
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

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


  
Reiichi KONNAÏ  (Fukushima, JAPAN)

 

 

¤·····Subject: First light on  Mars

Received; 09 April 2012 at 15:24 JST

Hi,

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.

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.
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.

 

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,

Here is my April 02,2012 Mars set, seeing was again variable.

 

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120402/FWl02Apr12.jpg         

 

Freddy WILLEMS (Waipahu, HI, the USA)

 

 

¤·····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
Ham call G4PIE

 

Dave TYLER  (Bucks, the UK)

 

 

¤·····Subject: Mars (March 21st, 2012.)

Received; 09 April 2012 at 05:06 JST

 

Hi all,

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

Best Wishes

http://www.damianpeach.com/mars1112/2012_03_21rgb.jpg

 

Damian PEACH (Selsey, WS, the UK)

 

 

¤·····Subject: Mars April 6th and 8th 2012

Received; 09 April 2012 at 03:32 JST

 

Hear are a couple of Mars images
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

April 8th 2012 @ 04:04 UT
http://www.egrafton.com/04-08-12.jpg
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120408/EGf08Apr12.jpg

 

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


Best Wishes

 

Sadegh GHOMIZADEH  (Tehran, IRAN)

 

 

¤·····Subject: Mars (March 19th, 2012.)

Received; 09 April 2012 at 01:33 JST

 

Hi all,

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

Best Wishes

http://www.damianpeach.com/mars1112/2012_03_19rgb.jpg

 

Damian PEACH (Selsey, WS, the UK)

 

 

¤·····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 (Aguadilla, PUERTO RICO)

 

 

¤·····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 (Waipahu, HI, the USA)

 

 

¤·····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  (Holtsville, NY)

 

 

¤·····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 (Holtsville, NY)

 

 

¤·····Subject: Bates Mars Image 04/08/2012

Received; 08 April 2012 at 14:36 JST

Mars image from 04/08/2012 enclosed with notes.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120408/DBt08Apr12.jpg

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Don R. Bates

Houston, TX

250 L

f/27

ToUcam (no IR)

 

02:21 UT

Apr 8 , 2012

Cm = 331

Dia = 11.9 as
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All the best from Texas,



Don R. BATES  (Houston, TX)

 

 

¤·····Subject: Mars (March 18th, 2012.)

Received; 08 April 2012 at 06:49 JST

 

Hi all,

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

Best Wishes

http://www.damianpeach.com/mars1112/2012_03_18rgb.jpg

 

 

Damian PEACH (Selsey, WS, the UK)

 

 

¤·····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!
You get so much detail out of such a tiny object.  Just think what you could do with the moon!

 

Howard ESKILDSEN 

 

 

¤·····Subject: Mars 6 April: Another Terminator Cloud?

Received; 07 April 2012 at 16:14 JST

 

 

Hi All,
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.

 

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120406/DPk06Apr12.jpg

 

Don PARKER  (Coral Gables, FL)

 

¤·····Subject: mars 5 april.& venus

Received; 07 April 2012 at 14:27 JST

Hi Guys

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

 

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.
Processed as much as I could to get some detail, lots of artifact due to oversharpening.
Still working on a backlog.

 

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120329/FWl29Mar12.jpg

 

Freddy WILLEMS (Waipahu, HI, the USA)

 

 

¤·····Subject: Mars, 4 and 5 April

Received; 07 April 2012 at 06:57 JST

 

Dear colleagues,
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

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 (Skivarp, SWEDEN)

 

 

¤·····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 
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 )

 

 

 

¤·····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.
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

 

Freddy WILLEMS (Waipahu, HI, the USA)

 

 

¤·····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 (Aguadilla, PUERTO RICO)

 

 

 

¤·····Subject: Re: [hstjupiter] Jupiter 1 Apr-2012  Honest!

Received; 06 April 2012 at 07:59 JST

 

Hi Dave,
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,

 

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.

 Best wishes

www.david-tyler.com
Ham call G4PIE

 

Dave TYLER (Bucks, the UK)

 

 

¤·····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,
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,

 

Don PARKER  (Coral Gables, FL)

 

 

¤·····Subject: Mars images 1st april 2012

Received; 06 April 2012 at 03:49 JST

 

Hi all, some images of the bright Hellas :

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120401/CPl01Apr12.jpg
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,

 

Christophe PELLIER (Nantes, FRANCE)

 

 

¤·····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 (Aguadilla, PUERTO RICO)

 

 

¤·····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.
 http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120403/EMr03Apr12.jpg

 

Efrain MORALES RIVERA (Aguadilla, PUERTO RICO)

 

 

¤·····Subject: A local dust on Meridiani

Received; 05 April 2012 at 16:20 JST

 

Dear Dr. Minami, Dr. Parker, Christophe, all,         
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)

 

 

¤·····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 (Holtsville, NY)

 

 

¤·····Subject: Mars 4 April

Received; 05 April 2012 at 11:36 JST

 

Hi All,
I have attached RGB Mars images from 4 April.

http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2011/120404/DPk04Apr12.jpg
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,

 

Don PARKER  (Coral Gables, FL)

 

 

¤·····Subject: Mars Sketch o3 April 2012

Received; 05 April 2012 at 10:04 JST

 

Sirs:
Please find attached my recent observational sketch of Mars. 

 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.
Best regards,


Michael ROSOLINA (Friars Hill, WV, the USA)
Twin Sugars Observatory

 

¤·····Subject: Mars 29-March-2012

Received; 05 April 2012 at 08:29 JST

 

Hi Guys 
 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

Dave TYLER (Bucks, the UK)

 

 

¤·····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 (Skivarp, SWEDEN)

 


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