Hi Guys:
At 10:40 UT this morning I imaged enormous individual cloud cells along the North Polar Hoods extreme southern perimeter and a large gap in the hood just to the east of these towering formations. My guess is that relatively warmer air is starting to waft northward from more temperate latitudes causing this cloud development and ultimately the beginning of the end for the hood. There is also quite a large wall of these icy structures but they've already rotated out of view. Mars is currently 66.4 million miles away and 13.1" in size with an illumination of 92% (CM:57). Imaging setup: 10" SCT at f/20, SPC settings; 5fps, 1/25 sec. s/s, 100% brightness, 0% gamma. This is a 4.5 minute avi processed in Rv4 best 250/1300. The seeing was 4/10 and the temperature was 30 degrees with heavy frost. I hope we all get some good seeing - soon.
Have a great day, Dan 8)
At 10:40 UT this morning I imaged enormous individual cloud cells along the North Polar Hoods extreme southern perimeter and a large gap in the hood just to the east of these towering formations. My guess is that relatively warmer air is starting to waft northward from more temperate latitudes causing this cloud development and ultimately the beginning of the end for the hood. There is also quite a large wall of these icy structures but they've already rotated out of view. Mars is currently 66.4 million miles away and 13.1" in size with an illumination of 92% (CM:57). Imaging setup: 10" SCT at f/20, SPC settings; 5fps, 1/25 sec. s/s, 100% brightness, 0% gamma. This is a 4.5 minute avi processed in Rv4 best 250/1300. The seeing was 4/10 and the temperature was 30 degrees with heavy frost. I hope we all get some good seeing - soon.
Have a great day, Dan 8)
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