{"id":518,"date":"2009-12-27T22:35:17","date_gmt":"2009-12-27T22:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2009\/12\/27\/mars_-_cm_265_d\/"},"modified":"2021-11-28T01:32:30","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T01:32:30","slug":"mars_-_cm_265_d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2009\/12\/27\/mars_-_cm_265_d\/","title":{"rendered":"Mars &#8211; CM 265 Deg.<br \/>DEC 14, 2009 &#8211; 11:30 UT"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"imageblock\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/archives\/images\/2009\/img2009121401_MarsUFlg.jpg\" onmouseover=\"rollover('img2009121401')\" onmouseout=\"rollout('img2009121401')\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/archives\/images\/2009\/img2009121401_MarsUFA.jpg\" name=\"img2009121401\" alt=\"Sketch of Mars - CM 265 Degrees - DEC 14, 2009 - 11:30 UT\"><\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><br \/>\n<!--\nsetrollover(\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/archives\/images\/2009\/img2009121401_MarsUFB.jpg\");\n\/\/--><br \/>\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Sketch of Mars &#8211; CM 265\u00b0 &#8211; Unfiltered<br \/>\nDEC 14, 2009 &#8211; 11:30 UT<\/p>\n<p><i>Move mouse over image to view labels. Click to view larger version.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"imageblock\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/archives\/images\/2009\/img2009121401_MarsW80A.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Sketch of Mars &#8211; CM 265\u00b0 &#8211; Filter: Wratten #80A<br \/>\nDEC 14, 2009 &#8211; 11:30 UT<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Observation Notes:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>It has been a long time since my last Mars observation (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/archives\/000583.html\">DEC 21, 2005<\/a>). At 11 arc seconds under soft seeing, details took some time to discern. The north polar cap was large and prominent and Syrtis Major was well placed on the following hemisphere. Hellas was bright, as was Arabia. I didn&#8217;t detect any limb haze in the unfiltered view. The Wratten #80A did show some brighter spots as noted in the sketch above. I&#8217;m looking forward to some more good views of Mars as it approaches a maximum size of 14 arc seconds later in January.<\/p>\n<table class=\"objectdata\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Subject<\/b><\/td>\n<td class=\"subject\">Mars &#8211; CM 265\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>Leo [RA: 09 30 53.3 \/ Dec: +17 53 39]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Angular Size*<\/b><\/td>\n<td>11 arcseconds<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Brightness*<\/b><\/td>\n<td>-0.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Date\/Time<\/b><\/td>\n<td>DEC 14, 2009, 04:30 AM MST<br \/>\n(DEC 14, 2009, 11:30 UT)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Observing Loc.<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Flagstaff, Arizona, USA &#8211; Home<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Instrument<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Orion SkyQuest XT8 Dobsonian (203 mm dia.\/1200 mm F\/L)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Eyepieces\/Mag.<\/b><\/td>\n<td>4 mm UO Orthoscopic (300X)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Conditions<\/b><\/td>\n<td>P. Cloudy, cold<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Seeing<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Ant. III<\/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>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 2009121401<\/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-518","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":308,"url":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2006\/12\/10\/conjunction_of\/","url_meta":{"origin":518,"position":0},"title":"Conjunction of Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, and Beta Scorpii","author":"jperez1690","date":"December 10, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Conjunction of Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, and Beta Scorpii","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":518,"position":1},"title":"Mars &#8211; 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