{"id":218,"date":"2005-12-20T19:45:00","date_gmt":"2005-12-20T19:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2005\/12\/20\/mars_december_2\/"},"modified":"2021-11-27T23:24:09","modified_gmt":"2021-11-27T23:24:09","slug":"mars_december_2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2005\/12\/20\/mars_december_2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mars &#8211; December 21, 2005 &#8211; 02:45 to 03:30 UT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"javascript:myVoid()\" onmouseover=\"rollover('img2005122001')\" onmouseout=\"rollout('img2005122001')\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/archives\/images\/2005\/img2005122001_MarsA.jpg\" name=\"img2005122001\" 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\/img2005122001_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>Observation Notes:<\/b><br \/>\nI hadn&#8217;t observed Mars for a couple months when I finally gave it a last look for the 2005 apparition. The seeing was on and off crud to semi-crud. Mars was a beautiful, salmon color. Gradually, some darker features began to emerge. The smaller angular size of the planet and the seeing problems made everything very difficult. It was still a great sight to behold. There was a very bright haze northwest of Mare Chronium. The North Polar Hood had a blueish tint, and more limb haze crowded the east limb.<\/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: 170\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>Aries [RA: 02:24:36 \/ Dec: +15:46:33]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Size*<\/b><\/td>\n<td>14.00&#8243; (Angular Size)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Brightness*<\/b><\/td>\n<td>-0.95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Date\/Time<\/b><\/td>\n<td>December 20, 2005 &#8211; 7:45 through 8:30 PM MST<br \/>\n(December 21, 2005 &#8211; 02:45 &#8211; 03:30 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\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>Mostly clear, cool, slight breezes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Seeing<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Ant. IV<\/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>Starry Night Pro Plus 5.8.2<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 2005122001<\/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-218","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":218,"position":0},"title":"Mars &#8211; 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