{"id":165,"date":"2005-08-27T01:30:00","date_gmt":"2005-08-27T01:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2005\/08\/27\/mars_august_27\/"},"modified":"2021-11-27T23:03:32","modified_gmt":"2021-11-27T23:03:32","slug":"mars_august_27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2005\/08\/27\/mars_august_27\/","title":{"rendered":"Mars &#8211; August 27, 2005 &#8211; 1:00 AM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"javascript:myVoid()\" onmouseover=\"rollover('img2005082702')\" onmouseout=\"rollout('img2005082702')\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/archives\/images\/2005\/img2005082702_MarsA.jpg\" name=\"img2005082702\" alt=\"Step 1\" border=\"1\" color=\"FFFFFF\"><\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><br \/>\n<!--\nsetrollover(\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/archives\/images\/2005\/img2005082702_MarsB.jpg\");\n\/\/--><br \/>\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><i>Move mouse over image to view labels.<br \/>\nEast and West noted in the sketch are Martian E\/W, not celestial E\/W.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Observation Notes:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The dark band of Mare Cimmerium and the point of Syrtis Minor were prominent along the southern hemisphere. The South polar Cap was not as prominent as it was a month ago. It looks like I also picked up the division between Cimmerium and Tyrrhenum. There appeared to be dark material arrayed broadly around the SPC. (Not the thin dark border I&#8217;ve been seeing&#8211;this feature was softer and much broader.) The bright patch of Hellas on the southwestern limb almost appeared as a second polar cap when I first looked. I didn&#8217;t pick up any detail in the northern hemisphere. I saw no hint of Utopia.<\/p>\n<table width=\"470\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding-left=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Subject<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Mars<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Classification<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Planet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Position*<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Aries [RA: 02:54:37 \/ Dec: +13:45:45]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Size*<\/b><\/td>\n<td>13.6&#8243; (Equatorial diameter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Brightness*<\/b><\/td>\n<td>-0.92<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Date\/Time<\/b><\/td>\n<td>August 27, 2005 &#8211; 1:30 AM<br \/>\n(August 27, 2005 &#8211; 08:30 UT)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Observing Loc.<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Flagstaff, AZ &#8211; Home<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Instrument<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Orion SVP 6LT Reflector (150 mm dia.\/1200 mm F\/L)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Eyepieces\/Mag.<\/b><\/td>\n<td>10 mm Sirius Pl\u00f6ssl+ 2X Barlow (240X)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Conditions<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Clear, calm, 49\u00b0 F<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Seeing<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Ant. III-IV<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Transparency<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Mag 5.2 NELM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>*Sources<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Orion&#8217;s The Sky Astronomy Software<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mars 2005082701<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,79,69,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-planetary","category-sg-mars","category-sg-planetary","category-sketch-gallery"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":143,"url":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2005\/08\/02\/mars_august_2_2\/","url_meta":{"origin":165,"position":0},"title":"Mars &#8211; August 2, 2005","author":"jperez1690","date":"August 2, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Mars 20050802","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Planetary&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Planetary","link":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/category\/planetary\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":196,"url":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2005\/10\/02\/mars_october_2\/","url_meta":{"origin":165,"position":1},"title":"Mars -October 2, 2005 &#8211; 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