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Mars Image 2014/03/31(UT)
熊森照明,柚木健吉
Joaquin Camarena,Giancarlo Rizzato,Lorenzo Comolli,George Tarsoudis,Manos Kardasis
J.Camarena,G.Rizzato,L.Comolli,T.Kumamori,K.Yunoki,Tarsoudis,Kardasis

Joaquin Camarena(305mm SC)

[Joaquin Camarena : Spain]

Giancarlo Rizzato( 280mm SC)
280mm f25 seeing 4-5/10asi 120 mm

[Giancarlo Rizzato : Marano Vicentino (Vicenza) ITALY]

Lorenzo Comolli (310mm Newton)
here is my first Mars of this opposition. Seeing was average,while transparency was very bad,and the latest images experience stronger absorption. Veils on Earth,like the many veils on Mars!

[Lorenzo Comolli,Italy +45d 42'44"N 08d 54'26"E]
Teruaki Kumamori (280mm SC)
酷いシーイングでしたが、なんとか画像に仕立てています。

≪大阪府堺市 熊森照明≫[Teruaki Kumamori:Ohsaka Japan]

Kenkichi.Yunoki (260mm Newtonian)

[Kenkichi Yunoki  (Sakai City  Japan)]
≪大阪府  堺市  柚木健吉≫

George Tarsoudis ( 355mm SC)
Again visible the interesting area of the Nix Olympica (Olympus Mons), at the  area Mesogaea has clouds and the  Lunae Palus with clouds.

Telescope Skywatcher BK DOB14" Collapsible 355mm @f/4.5 telescope mounted on an Skywatcher AZ EQ6 mount German Equatorial / Alt-Az dual mode.
Camera QHY5L-II(High QE!) was used along with SupaSlim Filter Wheel (filters R-G-B) , 3x barlow, Image acquisition with Torsten Edelmann's Firecapture software. 

[George Tarsoudis,Alexandroupolis of Greece]
《ターソウディス  ギリシャ アレクサンドロポリス》

Manos Kardasis (280mm SCT )
as we approach opposition we can see the planet in greater detail. Clouds near west,south and east limb.Is this a global thin haze more distinct there?
Clouds around the top of Olympus! Also in Ascraeus mons και Alba patera.Clouds over Tharsis.NPC has shrunk and Ierne remanents and Chasma Borealis are visible.

[Manos Kardasis,Glyfada-Athens;Greece]
《カーダシス マノス:ギリシャ アテネ》

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