About halfway between Northern Hemisphere spring and summer, the north polar cap is still quite large - about 2800 km across, reaching down to 70 degrees north latitude. Hellas Basin in the south (near sunset) appears much dimmer than usual, so it's not full of mist, and an inner ring can be seen. Blue clouds can be seen on the terminator to the left. | | Mars Details: |  | | Night of: | Monday February 15, 2010 | | Site: | Bonsall | | Local Time: | 8:30 PM | Feb 15, 2010 | | Altitude: | 61° | | | Distance: | 65,457,000 miles | | Magnitude: | -0.96 mV | | Diameter: | 13.3 arcsec | | Tilt: | +13.1° NP | | CM: | 315° | | Phase Angle: | 13.90° | | Illumination: | 98.54% |
| | | Camera Settings: | | | Telescope: | 9.25-SCT | | Camera: | Orion Starshoot DSI2 + 3x | | f/ratio: | f/30 | | Pixel Scale: | 0.235 arcsec | | Gain: | 0 | | Exposure: | 0.02 sec | | Video Length: | ? | | Frames: | | | Stacked: | 0 | | WINJUPOS: | 5 frames stacked |
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