Mars on Mar.30, 2002
Ls = 350.2, De = -14.8, Dia =  4.4"

2002/03/30 19:03:07 (JST)
2002/03/30 10:03:07 (UT)
CM =  53.5
10 frames composite

Observer:Masahito Niikawa
Email:zba03198@bird.zero.ad.jp
Obs.site : Mozuhonmachi Sakai-City Osaka Japan
Telescope : C11 (SC) D=280mm fl=2800mm

Camera:Minolta DimageEx1500 Digital Camera taking lens removed
CCD:ICX205AL (Sony Monochrome CCD)

Near IR Images:
Filter: R64 (640nm - 1000nm)
Exposure : 1/30 sec
Effective F No.: 44 (XP24mm Eyepiece Projection)

Seeing = 5/10
Transparency = 3/6

Image Processing;
Enhanced with unsharp masking method.

Caption:
Argyre I noted bright.
Mare Erythraeum is on the central meridian
Chryse, Xanthe noted bright.

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As the Mars go northward, observation time become shorter and shorter.
Because my telescope is shaded by the roof of my house early in the evening.
It becomes difficult to take many images.

もうすぐ限界に達します。

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