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¤·····Subject: Mars Jan 30
Received;
Another small Mars in
mediocre seeing from this morning... the cloud over Elysium is still prominent
and also the blue-ish limb cloud at bottom in
Is that really cloud over Elysium, or could there be some dust in there?
It's not quite white in colour.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2013/140130/AWs30Jan14.jpg
Link:
http://www.acquerra.com.au/astro/gallery/mars/20140130-174650/m20140130-174650utc.png
Anthony WESLEY (
¤·····Subject: RGB Mars this morning,
Jan 28
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Slightly better
seeing this morning, here is an RGB image of Mars showing cloud over Elysium
Mons as well as equatorial haze and some blue cloud over the south polar hood.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2013/140128/AWs28Jan14.jpg
regards,
Link:
http://www.acquerra.com.au/astro/gallery/mars/20140128-174557/m20140128-174557utc.png
Anthony WESLEY (
¤·····Subject: Mars 28 January 2014
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Dear friends
Attached find my Mars
image of 28 Janaury 2014.
Seeing was poor and
wind disturbed the capturing. Nevertheless, thanks to the program
Astrostrakkert!2 still dseveral details are seen.
Note the small North
Polar cap, Mare Acidalium en Nilokeras and the fork structure of Valles
Marineres.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2013/140128/JSb28Jan14.jpg
Regards,
John S SUSSENBACH (
¤·····Subject: Re: Mars
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Dear Masatsugu
Thank you very much for your message. I hope that you
are well.
I have been keen to return to imaging for a couple of years now, but
have been unable to due to health, family & work commitments.
Hopefully this year I will be more productive.
Best wishes
Maurice VALIMBERTI (
¤·····Subject: Saturn Jan 27, RGB
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Seeing was ok this morning so I recorded some RGB data
as well, Saturn looks really interesting here with the many coloured bands...
I've tried to balance the colours as accurately as possible so these should be
close to true colours.
regards,
Link:
http://www.acquerra.com.au/astro/gallery/saturn/20140127-175858/s20140127-175858utc.png
Anthony WESLEY (
¤·····Subject: Jupiter 26 January
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Hi All,
I have attached an RGB Jupiter image from 26 January. The seeing was horrible
until the last run.
Best,
Donald PARKER (
¤·····Subject: mars Jan 26
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Another IR Mars this
morning, showing a slightly different view of Syrtis Major and surrounds than
yesterday...
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2013/140126/AWs26Jan14.jpg
Link:
http://www.acquerra.com.au/astro/gallery/mars/20140126-172900/m20140126-172900utc.png
regards,
Anthony WESLEY (
¤·····Subject: Jupiter and Io
Received;
Hi,
This time no color
RGB image but Jupiter in different wavelengths.
By poor transparency,
it is difficult to make a Proper color image
Who knows, I still
make a color image of Jupiter this session.
All Avies are the
same editing AS2 with sharpening and 25% crude frame added.
Avies included 70
second per color (3500 frames per avie)
Used 2000 frames for
each separate image.
Jupiter and Io
C14, @ f25
http://www.astrofotografie.nl/Jupiter-22-01-2014-R-Bosman.html
RegardsA
Richard
BOSMAN
(
¤·····Subject: Jupiter images 22/01
Received;
Hi all,
Here are some last results under a variable night.
The "Mickey's
head" is visible ;)
http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/j2014-01-22_21-56_rgb_cp
http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/j2014-01-22_22-26_lrgb_cp
http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/j2014-01-22_23-09_rgb_cp
http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/j2014-01-22_21-32_rir_cp
http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/j2014-01-22_23-22_ir_cp
http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/j2014-01-22_22-47_ch4_cp
Best
wishes
Christophe
PELLIER (
Planetary Astronomy
and Imaging
¤·····Subject: Mars,
Received;
A small mars this
morning, seeing was not so good so only an IR image.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2013/140125/AWs25Jan14.jpg
Link:
http://www.acquerra.com.au/astro/gallery/mars/20140125-183539/m20140125-183539utc.png
regards,
Anthony WESLEY (
¤·····Subject: Mars
Received;
Good afternoon
Please find attached an image of Mars taken this morning from
Mid exposure was 17:28UT
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2013/140125/MVl25Jan14.jpg
Best Wishes
Maurice VALIMBERTI (
¤·····Subject: Mars
Received;
Hi everyone,
Finally good seeing came to Melbourne this morning.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2013/140125/SBd25Jan14.jpg
Regards,
Stefan BUDA (
¤·····Subject: Mars January 22nd, Jupiter, GRS, moon Ganymede
Received;
Hi Mr. Minami and All!,
Here I submit my latest session of Mars, Jupiter was taken
earlier.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2013/140122/EMr22Jan14.jpg
Efrain MORALES RIVERA
(Aguadilla, Puerto Rico)
¤·····Subject: Mars January 24th 2014 at 5h21 UT
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Hi All,
Cloudy weather over Tharsis volcanos.
Imaging done with C14, 2.5x powermate projection, use of dispersion corrector,
RGB Baader filterset, DMK
21AU618 webcam
Seeing was excellent.
Date : January 24th 2014 at
5h21 UT. Mars 8"
Two R RGB results and one red
filter result.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2013/140124/LAt24Jan14.jpg
Best regards.
Leo AERTS (BELGIUM)
¤·····Subject: Jupiter 2014.01.21 under good conditions
Received;
Dears,
During the single time spot long enough this week between clouds and rain,
luckily the seeing was rather good:
RGB, which could have been better if the blue layer would have been better (I'm
wondering if there was some dew on the filter, not talking about the dust spots
on the sensor). Red Oval Z (ROZ) is seen rising, with Little Red Spot (LRS)
northern. I find the dark reddish/braun streaks on the polar zones impressive:
http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/j20140121-22h10.0UT-MDe.jpg
Methane absorption band image shows better ROZ and LRS, very bright, and
also the chain of white ovals on the south south temperate band:
http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/j20140121c-22h40.6UT-MDe.jpg
Two IR images showing details,
for one I took the additional effort to process Io:
http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/j20140121i-22h13.4UT-MDe.jpg
http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/j20140121i-22h54.9UT-MDe.jpg
Les couches rouge et verte:
http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/j20140121r-22h09.2UT-MDe.jpg
http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/j20140121g-22h10.0UT-MDe.jpg
No impact detected on almost 1h of videos for the
DeTeCt
project.
Clear skies,
Marc DELCROIX (Tournefeuille,
FRANCE)
¤·····Subject: Mo22Jan_14
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Mars images on
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2013/140122/Mo22Jan14.jpg
Yukio MORITA (Hiroshima, JAPAN)
¤·····Subject: group 2. Solar images
Received;
Hi Guys, A session of reasonable seeing on the 22nd was
most welcome. The sun is now at a lofty 17 degrees at noon from here. The area
around AR 1959/60 was alive with filaments.
Best wishes
Dave TYLER (Bucks, the
www.david-tyler.com
Ham call G4PIE
¤·····Subject: Jupiter images
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Hi all,
Finally a clear evening on monday night. Variable seeing.
http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/j2014-01-20_21-40_lrgb_cp
http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/j2014-01-20_22-07_ir_cp
http://www.astrosurf.com/pellier/j2014-01-20_22-22_ch4_cp
Oval BA on the show.
Christophe
PELLIER (
Planetary Astronomy
and Imaging
¤·····Subject: Mars January 18th 2014 at 11:43 from
Received;
Here is an image from January 18th 2014 at 11:43 UT.
The seeing was 3/10 and the transparency was 9/10.
http://egrafton.com/Mars-2014-18-Jan_11-43UT.jpg
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2013/140118/EGf18Jan14.jpg
Ed GRAFTON
(Houston, TX)
¤·····Subject: Mars - January 17th, 10:21ut
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Hi Mr. Minami and all staff members!.
Here I submit my latest image set of Mars from January 17th, lots
of turbulance but with average results and also my latest Jupiter set.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2013/140117/EMr17Jan14.jpg
Clear Skies to All!.
Efrain MORALES RIVERA
(Aguadilla, Puerto Rico)
¤·····Subject: Mars 14 January, NPC dust?
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Hi All,
I have attached RGB Mars images from 14 January. There appears to be a large
dust streak crossing the preceding edge of the NPC. The Elysium cloud is bright
and AM hazes cover much of Syrtis Major.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2013/140114/DPk14Jan14.jpg
Best,
Donald PARKER (Coral Gables, FL)
¤·····Subject: Saturn polar projection
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Hi
Padma, I'm not sure the resolution on this image is good enough to draw too
many conclusions, this was not much more than a test run. I'll be capturing
data every week now on Saturn so if there is any movement over the next several
months then we should see it. I'm sure Trevor will also be capturing data when
he gets back from holidays
If we get some good seeing when Saturn reaches its maximum altitude in a few
weeks time then we can start looking at high resolution features, it would be
great to pick up and track some storms around in side the hexagon :-)
cheers, Bird
Anthony
WESLEY (NSW, AUSTRALIA)
¤·····Subject: Saturn polar projection
Received;
Bird,
This
is just fantastic - the hexagon look great!
How
does this compare with Trevor's and Cassini/ISS images - to see temporal
changes in the hexagong and or nearby bands etc?
Thanks
for sharing!
Padma
YANAMANDRA-Fisher (Space
Science Institute,
¤·····Subject: Completed polar Map, Jan 14/15/16
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The seeing was not very good this morning, but it was
enough for me to grab some more data and fill in the gap in the longitudes from
yesterday - so here is the completed polar map. Please excuse the minor joining
artifacts between the segments, but the vertices of the hexagon are nicely
visible.
regards, Anthony
Link:
http://www.acquerra.com.au/astro/gallery/saturn/20140116-1800/2014-01-14_15_16-1800UTC-AW-Saturn-polar-map.png
Anthony
WESLEY (NSW, AUSTRALIA)
¤·····Subject: Saturn polar projection
Received;
I
have enough data now to do a rough polar projection of Saturn north pole...
http://www.acquerra.com.au/astro/gallery/saturn/20140115-180000/large.jpg
cheers, Anthony
Anthony
WESLEY (NSW, AUSTRALIA)
¤·····Subject: Jupiter 2014.01.13
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Dears,
First images since 2 months, shot under heavy humidity, feet in the mud and
stopped by dew on the secondary mirror.
Oval BA is setting, and there
is an outbreak in NEB at CM:
RGB:
http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/j20140113-23h17.4UT-MDe.jpg
IR, with Io:
http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/j20140113i-23h09.4UT-MDe.jpg
Individual R, G and B (R shows nice details):
http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/j20140113r-23h16.6UT-MDe.jpg
http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/j20140113g-23h17.4UT-MDe.jpg
http://www.astrosurf.com/delcroix/images/planches/j20140113b-23h18.2UT-MDe.jpg
No impact seen after checking with DeTeCt
15min of videos.
Regards,
Marc DELCROIX (Tournefeuille,
FRANCE)
¤·····Subject: Jupiter 14 January
Received;
Hi All,
I have attached RGB and CH4 Jupiter images from 14 January. The NNTz LRS
remains reddish and very bright in the methane band. The NTrZ "Oval
Z" is very faint and more diffuse in RGB but remains bright in Methane.
The SSTB small red spot is very dark.
Best,
Donald PARKER (Coral Gables, FL)
¤·····Subject: Solar images 9th 11th
Received;
Hi Guys
Here are a few images of AR1944 , taken in fair seeing
for the 17deg altitude on the 9th and 13th , but in very poor seeing on the
11th of January .
9 January
11 January
13 January
Thrown in also is a shot of a giant filament imaged
over three frames on the 1/4 inch chipped Flea 3, at the same focal length as
the double stack sunspot images , i.e. 800mm plus a 2x powermate.
Best wishes
Dave TYLER (Bucks, the
www.david-tyler.com
Ham call G4PIE
¤·····Subject: IR + RGB saturn image
Received;
I
haven't tried this before, and I don't know what value it has, but I wanted to
make a colour image from this mornings data and the straight RGB was very poor
quality, so I've used the colour from the RGB data to "colourise" the
IR image. The colours are very close to correct but maybe slightly off. I
didn't use any of the IR data for colour, only luminance.
Link:
http://www.acquerra.com.au/astro/gallery/saturn/20140114-180207/s20140114-180207utc.png
regards, Anthony
Anthony
WESLEY (NSW, AUSTRALIA)
¤·····Subject: Saturn this morning, Jan 14
Received;
Hi
all, some reasonable seeing this morning on Saturn, good enough for
this IR (750nm longpass) image. Apart from the prominent polar hexagon
there are no obvious storms or other marks visible.
Link:
http://www.acquerra.com.au/astro/gallery/saturn/20140114-180206/s20140114-180206utc.png
3 images measured, derotated and
merged in winjupos.
cheers, Anthony
Anthony
WESLEY (NSW, AUSTRALIA)
¤·····Subject: Jupiter 12 January
Received;
Hi All,
I have attached RGB and Ch4 Jupiter images from 12 January.
Best,
Donald PARKER (Coral Gables, FL)
¤·····Subject: mars sketches 15/01/'12
Received;
Hi,
here is my sketch from january 12
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2013/140112/KSm12Jan14.jpg
Date:
january 12 2014
Time: 06:45 UT
observer: Kris Smet
location: Bornem, Belgium
instrument: 12" f/5 dobson magnification: 250x
seeing: good to very good filters: apodizing
mask
Greetings,
Kris SMET (Bornem, BELGIUM)
¤·····Subject: Jupiter 2013 December
12
Received;
Jupiter
from just over 1 month ago. Not such good seeing as previously.
David ARDITTI
(Middlesex, the UK)
¤·····Subject: Mo12Jan_14
Received;
Mars images on 1, 2,
6,
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2013/140101/Mo01Jan14.jpg
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2013/140102/Mo02Jan14.jpg
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2013/140106/Mo06Jan14.jpg
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2013/140112/Mo12Jan14.jpg
Yukio MORITA (Hiroshima, JAPAN)
¤·····Subject: Mars image
Received;
Hi everyone,
I managed to capture
an RGB in reasonably good seeing despite a thin cloud cover over my location
this morning.
Mars is looking very
foggy on my image.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2013/140112/SBd12Jan14.jpg
Regards,
Stefan BUDA (
¤·····Subject: Jupiter back on Jan.04
Received;
Suffering through
normal winter bad seeing. When this happens the smaller apertures work better,
at least the result is more pleasing.
Here is a night on Jupiter where we have a GRS transit then a Ganymede and
shadow transit. Please note that Ganymeded is resolved with this little
Questar!
Best,
Rik HILL (Tucson,
AZ)
¤·····Subject: Jupiter 1/10
Received;
Fair to good seeing
last night. Managed to capture the GRS before it exited the disk at stage left.
Sean WALKER (
¤·····Subject: Jupiter - January 9th
Received;
Hi Mr.Minami,
Here I submit my latest session of Jupiter on 9th of January under
ideal conditions.
Efrain MORALES RIVERA
(Aguadilla, Puerto Rico)
¤·····Subject: Mars - January 9th,
10:31ut
Hi Mr.Minami,
Here is my latest session from the 9th 0f January under
above average conditions finally.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2013/140109/EMr09Jan14.jpg
Clear Skies to All!.
Efrain MORALES RIVERA
(Aguadilla, Puerto Rico)
¤·····Subject: Mars 6 January
Hi All,
I have attached RGB-NIR Mars images from 6 January.
Bright AM limb clouds appear over Chryse, Tempe, western Acidalium.
A faint ECB extends eastward into Aeria and the Syrtis
Plateau.
Protonilus, Deuteronilus and Pierius are very
conspicuous.
Chasma Borealis is seen on NPC. This could be a processing artifact,
although it is seen on all red-light images.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2013/140106/DPk06Jan14.jpg
Best,
Donald PARKER (Coral Gables, FL)
¤·····Subject: A Drawing of Mars
Dear Dr. Minami,
Attached here is my latest drawing of Mars. Seeing was
quite disappointing.
I was surprised to learn that you think you'll be back into Mars observation
when the snow melts away in this coming spring! You'd like to drive your car
yourself to Fukui Observatory 23km away!? With all due respect, it seems to be
no go! Please try your first going-back- to-driving with Mrs. Minami in the
front seat next to you!
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2013/140107/Kn07Jan14.jpg
Good Seeing,@Good Health,
Reiichi KONNAÏ (Fukushima, JAPAN)
¤·····Subject: Mars image 7th of January
Hi everyone,
This morning I
captured my first Mars images through Astrodon I-series filters.
For many years I have
been using the Edmund RGB set and I was curious to see the difference.
Well, the seeing was
very marginal this morning so I can't say for sure but it seems that the old
Edmund filters produce better colour rendering or more colour saturation but
the Astrodon ones let more light through, which helps with the G and B exposure
times.
Mars itself looks
rather misty and it's interesting how bright Alba Patera is, even though it
doesn't seem to have cloud over it like some of the other volcanoes.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2013/140107/SBd07Jan14.jpg
Best regards,
Stefan BUDA (
¤·····Subject: Mars 2014/01/08
Hello,
Here is Mars on 2014/01/08.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2013/140108/JPp08Jan14.jpg
The seeing was bad
and the transparency was average.
T = +7.5[C
Regards
Jean-Jacques POUPEAU (Essonne, FRANCE)
¤·····Subject:
Jupiter 6 January
Received;
7 January 2014 at 12:26 JST
Hi All,
I have attached some RGB and CH4 Jupiter images from 6 January. The seeing was
quite good because of an advancing cold front. The temperature was plummeting
to 70 degrees! :-)
The NNTz LRS remains reddish and very bright in the methane band.
The NTrZ "Oval Z" is very faint in RGB but
remains very bright in Methane. The SSTB small red spot is very dark.
Best,
Donald PARKER (Coral Gables, FL)
¤·····Subject:
Jupiter 3 January
Received;
7 January 2014 at 04:34 JST
Hi All,
I have attached RGB and CH4 Jupiter images from 3 January. @The SPR reddish spot remains bright in methane and is
centered near -60.5 degrees latitude and 315 degrees System II longitude.
Best,
Donald PARKER (Coral Gables, FL)
¤·····Subject:
Mars 2013-12-30 03:12.6 UT
Received;
5 January 2014 at 22:43 JST
Hello!
My
last picture during 2013 and my first of Mars for this season.
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2013/131230/MHg30Dec13.jpg
Martin
HÖGBERG@(Örebro, Sweden)
¤·····Subject:
RGB Saturn, Jan 4
Received;
5 January 2014 at 11:14 JST
Some good seeing this morning on
Saturn. It was at an altitude of 38
degrees when this image was captured, 5 degrees higher
already than
Jupiter will reach at any time this season :-) And the Saturn season is
just starting...
I've tried to balance the colours as best I can to see something like a
true colour image.
Things to note here are the dramatic colour changes in the northern
hemisphere - the collar surrounding the hex is now a vivid pink whereas
it started out green at the start of the 2013 season and turned a
mustard yellow in the following months. The yellow colouration now
appears to have migrated southward into a wide band in the mid north
latitudes.
The distinct light band that was a remnant of the 2010/2011 storm is no
longer visible, last year it was a distinct light green.
I've included links to images from the 2013 Saturn apparition so you can
see the colour changes.
regards,
Links:
Jan 4 2014:
http://www.acquerra.com.au/astro/gallery/saturn/20140104-182925/s20140104-182925utc.png
June 11 2013:
http://www.acquerra.com.au/astro/gallery/saturn/20130611-114609/large.jpg
April 12 2013:
http://www.acquerra.com.au/astro/gallery/saturn/20130412-152335/large.jpg
Anthony
WESLEY (NSW, AUSTRALIA)
¤·····Subject:
Saturn, Jan 3
Received;
4 January 2014 at 18:05 JST
A
very early Saturn image for the season, still very low in the east
before sunrise. It will take a few more weeks before it gets high enough
to escape the murk...
The rings are opening up nicely, and we'll get a great view of the polar
hex this season.
regards,
Link:
http://www.acquerra.com.au/astro/gallery/saturn/20140103-183242/s20140103-183242utc.png
Anthony
WESLEY (NSW, AUSTRALIA)
¤·····Subject:
Jupiter 2 January
Received;
4 January 2014 at 08:23 JST
Hi All,
I have attached RGB and CH4 Jupiter images from 2 January.
Best,
Donald PARKER (Coral
Gables, FL)
¤·····Subject: 10 years on Mars...Let's Celebrate!
Received;
4 January 2014 at 01:00 JST
10
years ago today, the first of our two Mars Exploration Rovers landed on the Red
Planet...
So let's party!
Join us at http://support.planetary.org/site/R?i=-Cup6__uggWDJUJ1VWQJ7A for rover related videos, games, trivia, and
information about what Spirit did and what
You can also send a personal message to the scientists and engineers
responsible for these remarkable roving robots. We'll be collecting messages
throughout January, so there's plenty of time to get your friends and family to
send messages, too.
http://support.planetary.org/site/R?i=K4f1VOym87IsxTEn1etSjw
Thanks to these rovers, we've all been exploring Mars for a decade. We hope you
take a moment to celebrate, look back, and dream about what's next.
Celebrate with us at http://support.planetary.org/site/R?i=ZAdci90xakq8QicddnSa9Q .
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¤·····Subject:
RE:A Happy New Year and CMO #417 updated!
Received;
3 January 2014 at 17:42 JST
Dear
Mars Observers,
All the very best wishes for 2014 and thank you for the publications and
support
Barry ADCOCK (Victoria, AUSTRALIA)
¤·····Subject:
Mo31Dec_13
Received;
2 January 2014 at 23:47 JST
Mars
Images on 2, 4, 31 December 2013
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2013/131202/Mo02Dec13.jpg
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2013/131204/Mo04Dec13.jpg
http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~cmo/cmons/2013/131231/Mo31Dec13.jpg
Yukio MORITA (Hiroshima, JAPAN)
¤·····Subject:
Ecard from Don Parker
Received;
2 January 2014 at 05:25 JST
Dear Masatsugu,
I hope that you have a fine birthday and a happy
2014. It is an honor knowing you and working with you on our favorite planet
all these years!
Best regards,
Donald PARKER (Coral
Gables, FL)
¤·····Subject: Drawings of Mars
Received;
2 January 2014 at 02:13 JST
Dear
Dr. Minami, all,
A happy new year and a fruitful Martian season!
I am attaching
here my very first drawings of the red planet for this apparition. Seeing has
been atrocious through the last months, unaided eye Mars was twinkling crazily.
And finally at an early hour on this cold New Year's Day (still New Year's Eve
by GMT) Mars ceased to twinkle to be one of the naked-eye planets ; and I could
have visually recognized NPC and some dark markings with my 30cm SCT at last!
Best Regards,
Reiichi KONNAÏ (Fukushima, JAPAN)
¤·····Subject: Jupiter 24 December, SPR spot
Received;
1 January 2014 at 06:10 JST
Hi All and Happy New Year!
I have attached some RGB and CH4
Jupiter images from 24 December.
Note the small red oval high in the SPR centered at -60
degrees latitude and 322 degrees longitude (II). The spot is bright in the
methane band. It is faintly discernable in Chris Go's December 31 image near
the f. limb south of the "Mickey Mouse ears." Like Christopher's
experience, my seeing had markedly deteriorated when I took the second image,
even though the planet was much higher.
Best,
Donald PARKER (Coral
Gables, FL)