2003 0917 RBg Note
Martian Drawing on 17 September 2003
at 04:20 GMT by Robert BUNGE.

  λ=262゚Ls,   (ω=214°W,   φ=19°S),   δ=23.3",   ι=17°

Note:
  Seeing 5 out of 10. On the eve of Hurricane Isabel, the calm before the storm. Cool, extremely transparent... perhaps the most transparent sky I've see in two years.
  South Polar Cap was tiny, almost difficult; even more difficult to make out any detail in the poor seeing. Just a hint of a North Polar hood. Blue haze on following side, seen well in white light.

43cm f /7.8 reflector, 480x

Bowie, MD USA.


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