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19 years 4 weeks ago #18903 by dave_lillis
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Hi All,
Isn't it strange weather we're getting, one minute its dense fog, next its rain, next its prestine clear skies, well, I got a few minutes of clear sky and got a glimpse of Mars between the rainfall, so after having a good look through the eyepiece, I slapped on the toucam.

www.irishastronomy.org/user_resources/fi...82143-mars_1h_p1.jpg

Has anyone else noticed that Mars has lost abit of its brilliance/intensity with the naked eye, or am I imagining this.

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19 years 3 weeks ago #18905 by michaeloconnell
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Great pic Dave!

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19 years 3 weeks ago #18907 by Paul Tipper
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Has anyone else noticed that Mars has lost abit of its brilliance/intensity with the naked eye, or am I imagining this.


No, I noticed the same thing myself last night - it's appreciably dimmer than it was at the start of November when it reached it's brightest/closest approach to Earth. Obviously, this downward trend in brightness and apparent diameter is set to continue (from -1.6 to -0.6 in December, according to S&T), so enjoy it while you can!

Paul Tipper,
South Dublin Astro. Soc.

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19 years 3 weeks ago #18908 by martinastro
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Great images Dave :D

Martin Mc Kenna

coruscations attending the whole length of the luminosity, giving to the phenomena the aspect of a wrathful messenger, and not that of a tranquil body pursuing a harmless course..comet of 1680

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19 years 3 weeks ago #18909 by dave_lillis
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Thanks lads, as I finished recording the AVI last night, it started to rain, more like snow and got up this morning to a see a blanket of snow on the ground,
Thermometer in the dome reads a minimum of -2 last night.

This image is one of the occasions where I could see more in the eyepiece then what was captured by the camera.

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19 years 3 weeks ago #18915 by Seanie_Morris
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Superb image there Dave. You've got quite a lot of subtle detail there in such a small disk- no easy task! Gives the rest of us an idea of how clear your skies were before the 'snow' fell!

Seanie.

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