Observation by Peter Anderson: Mars 1971 through 9.5 inch telescope

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Peter Anderson

Observer

Peter Anderson

Observed

2018 Oct 13 - 14:00

Uploaded

2018 Oct 14 - 09:37

Objects

Mars

Equipment

9.5 inch telescope X288 through eyepiece

Exposure

Kodak Tri-X film (exposure unknown.)

Location

Brisbane, Australia

Target name

Mars

Title

Mars 1971 through 9.5 inch telescope

About this image

Simple 'happy snap' through the eyepiece at X288. (Provided just to show that the 9.5" actually works!)

Opposition was August 10th, 1971. Mars reached 24.91" diameter on 12th August. This image would have been taken close to opposition.

Files associated with this observation

1971 Mars 9.5inch.JPG (11.3 kB)

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