Observation by Martin Lewis: Mars 3rd Feb 2021

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Martin Lewis

Observer

Martin Lewis

Observed

2021 Feb 03 - 19:34

Uploaded

2021 Feb 04 - 00:39

Objects

Mars

Equipment

444mm Dobsonian
ASI224MC
L Astronomik filter

Location

St Albans, UK

Target name

Mars

Title

Mars 3rd Feb 2021

About this image

Some fleeting stable periods of seeing at times this evening, allowing some fine detail to be resolved around the 'Eye of Mars' region - Solis Lacus. Olympus Mons is darker spot a bit below centre. It's just 7.7" now - which is about 2x the apparent diameter of Uranus!

Martin

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Graham Winstanley, Bill Leatherbarrow, Mike Harlow, David Basey, Ron Arbour, Davide Pistritto, Jeremy Shears, Peter Mulligan

Comments

Davide Pistritto, 2021 Feb 04 - 17:39 UTC

Great constancy Martin!

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