{"id":208,"date":"2005-10-23T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-10-23T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2005\/10\/23\/mars_dust_storm_1\/"},"modified":"2021-11-27T23:22:05","modified_gmt":"2021-11-27T23:22:05","slug":"mars_dust_storm_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2005\/10\/23\/mars_dust_storm_1\/","title":{"rendered":"Mars Dust Storm &#8211; OCT 23, 2005 &#8211; 07:30-10:00 UT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Observation Notes:<\/b><br \/>\nWow, this was a great view. The dust storm south of Mare Erythraeum was still there, and not much larger than the previous night. The southern hemisphere features were nicely visible. The North Polar Hood still showed that notch. I gave a lot of scrutiny to the color of the dust storm cloud, and detected the very slightest hint of yellow in the portion that hovered near the central meridian.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"javascript:myVoid()\" onmouseover=\"rollover('img2005102301')\" onmouseout=\"rollout('img2005102301')\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/archives\/images\/2005\/img2005102301_MarsA.jpg\" name=\"img2005102301\" 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\/img2005102301_MarsB.jpg\");\n\/\/--><br \/>\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><i>Move mouse over sketch to view labels.<br \/>\nEast and West noted in the sketch are Martian E\/W, not celestial E\/W.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>After a couple hours, I made a second observation. The portion of the dust storm that sat over Solis Lacus was crisp and bright. It appeared to bleed into Bosporos Gemmatus. There still appeared to be a slight yellow tinge to the portion that was nearest the central meridian. It was truly a beautiful sight.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"javascript:myVoid()\" onmouseover=\"rollover('img2005102302')\" onmouseout=\"rollout('img2005102302')\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/archives\/images\/2005\/img2005102302_MarsA.jpg\" name=\"img2005102302\" 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\/img2005102302_MarsB.jpg\");\n\/\/--><br \/>\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><i>Move mouse over sketch to view labels.<br \/>\nEast and West noted in the sketch are Martian E\/W, not celestial E\/W.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Info<\/b><\/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 &#8211; Central Meridian: 35\u00c2\u00b0 &#8211; 65\u00c2\u00b0<\/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>Taurus [RA: 03:11:56 \/ Dec: +16:30:14]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Size*<\/b><\/td>\n<td>20.00&#8243; (Equatorial diameter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Brightness*<\/b><\/td>\n<td>-2.15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Date\/Time<\/b><\/td>\n<td>October 23, 2005 &#8211; 12:30 AM MST through 3:00 AM MST<br \/>\n(October 23, 2005 &#8211; 7:30 &#8211; 10:00 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\u00c3\u00b6ssl+ 2X Barlow (240X)<br \/>\n#21A Orange Filter; #80A Blue Filter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Conditions<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Clear, calm, 39\u00c2\u00b0 F<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Seeing<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Ant. II-III<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Transparency<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Unrecorded<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>*Sources<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Orion&#8217;s The Sky Astronomy Software<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.britastro.org\/mars\/maps.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">British Astronomical Society Mars Maps<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mars 2005102302<\/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-208","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":205,"url":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2005\/10\/22\/mars_dust_storm\/","url_meta":{"origin":208,"position":0},"title":"Mars Dust Storm &#8211; OCT 22, 2005 &#8211; 05:30-10:00 UT","author":"jperez1690","date":"October 22, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Mars 2005102201","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Astro Photography&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Astro Photography","link":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/category\/astro-photography\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":201,"url":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2005\/10\/21\/mars_october_21\/","url_meta":{"origin":208,"position":1},"title":"Mars &#8211; October 21, 2005 &#8211; 07:30-08:30 UT","author":"jperez1690","date":"October 21, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Mars 2005102101","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":143,"url":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2005\/08\/02\/mars_august_2_2\/","url_meta":{"origin":208,"position":2},"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":218,"url":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2005\/12\/20\/mars_december_2\/","url_meta":{"origin":208,"position":3},"title":"Mars &#8211; December 21, 2005 &#8211; 02:45 to 03:30 UT","author":"jperez1690","date":"December 20, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Mars 2005122001","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":560,"url":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2011\/02\/04\/saturn_-_cmi_32\/","url_meta":{"origin":208,"position":4},"title":"Saturn &#8211; CMI 321\/CMII 194\/CMIII 288 &#8211; JAN 29, 2011 1245 UT","author":"jperez1690","date":"February 4, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Sketch of Saturn CMI 321\u00b0 - CMII 194\u00b0 - CMIII 288\u00b0 Click image for larger version. 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