Mars Sketch 8/31/2003

 

amateur astronomy
and
astrophotography

 

Drawing of Mars from observation dated 8/31/03 - 0330 UT. The image was recorded with pencil on paper and digital camera, and then transferred to digital media using PhotoShop 7. Click here to see original pencil sketch. Observing notes are below.

Observed the planet at 280 and 400x using a Tele Vue 10mm Radian and a Tele Vue 7mm Nagler on a Nexstar 11 GPS. The seeing was bad -3 out of 10 - with very high frequency undulations. Transparency was average - 3 out of 6. The detail was observed over a period of 25 minutes.

 


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