[Chaos-l] Mars and Moon!

[Mark South]

yes it was exquisite. 
Thanks to Robert for the great Mars article in this month's newsletter.  the map and article was very helpful next to the eyepiece
mark

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

 
On Monday, December 24, 2007, at 10:03AM, "Zekers!" <zzekka at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>It sure was. I managed to get a dozen folks out of a party long enough to bath in the moon/mars light.
>zz
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>  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!
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>  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!
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>  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. 
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>  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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