[Chaos-l] Mars and Moon!

[Zekers!]

It sure was. I managed to get a dozen folks out of a party long enough to bath in the moon/mars light.
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Mark Lerch 
  To: Mark South ; Chapel Hill Astronomical ObservationSociety 
  Cc: Greg and Roberta Dillon 
  Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 8:23 AM
  Subject: Re: [Chaos-l] Mars and Moon!


  It was exquisite.


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  From: chaos-l-bounces at rtpnet.org [chaos-l-bounces at rtpnet.org] On Behalf Of Mark South [md_south at mac.com]
  Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 12:08 AM
  To: Chapel Hill Astronomical Observation Society
  Cc: Greg and Roberta Dillon
  Subject: [Chaos-l] Mars and Moon!


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









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