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2022

R Sedrani Mars 22 March 2023 crop

Mars Opposition Blog 27 March 2023

Observations are continuing, although the disk diameter is now only some 6 arcseconds. It is a challenging planet visually, requiring

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Mars 02 12 2023 E Morales

Mars Opposition Blog 19 February 2023

With the arrival of batches of drawings from M.Green, A.W.Heath and P.Lyon the total number of observers has risen to

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Mars Map 2022 G D Lewis

Mars Opposition Blog 6 February 2023

Today we are summarising the January observations. The disk now shows a notable phase, and is shrinking fast. Nonetheless I

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Mars 20 December 2022 by M Lewis

Mars Opposition Blog 11 January 2023

With this first post for 2023 I wish you all a Happy New Year. Let us hope that globally it

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Mars 8 Dec 2022 by C Nuttall

Mars Opposition Blog 14 December 2022

A week after opposition, and the final blog post for the calendar year, as observations have been continued by over

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Mars 2022-11-27-and-28-Peter-Tickner

Mars Opposition Blog 4 December 2022

With opposition nearly upon us, the dismal UK weather has not been helping our programme, with rain and cloud prevailing

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Mars Observed 11 to 13 November 2022 by J Sussenbach

Mars Opposition Blog 20 November 2022

We are now just a short time before opposition. First I want to draw your attention to the occultation of

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Mars 2022-10-11 by Nick Haigh

Mars Opposition Blog 10 November 2022

This update covers the period immediately following the recent large regional dust storm, and is complete up till about October

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Mars 02 10 2022 by N MacNeil

Mars Opposition Blog 16 October 2022

This account, intended to describe the large regional dust storm, covers the period Sep 21 to Oct 3, and slightly

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Mars 2022 08 30 by O Inoue

Mars Opposition Blog 2022 October 10

We are updating the Mars blog in two instalments with a short interval between them. First of all, today, one

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