[Chaos-l] Mars and Moon!

[Mark South]

Hi,
On a beautiful night of Mars opposition and less than a degree from  
the Moon and a clear, steady night,  I have finally have been able to  
see the elusive surface features on Mars!   With my 7mm Burgess  
(271x), a Mars Filter, and a carefully collimated 381mm Dob I was  
easily able to see Syrtis Major!!!  It looks like a "triangle" with  
angles pointing north, east, and southwest.

Did anyone get a chance to get out and see the moon and Mars??   If  
you get this message tonight, get out there and check it out.   This  
is the best Mars is going to get for a long time.
Mark


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Mark South
md_south at mac.com
http://web.mac.com/md_south




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