Observations by Month: September
UT Date: 1Sep2005 UT Time: 6:08 - 6:21
Telescope: Vixen VC200L 200mm f/9 catadioptric
Eyepiece: 8mm TeleVue Plossl: 225x
Filters: 21, 56, 80A
Seeing: 5/10 (ALPO)
Transparency: 3/6
UT Date: 2Sep2005 UT Time: 9:45 - 10:30
Telescope: Vixen VC200L 200mm f/9 catadioptric
Eyepiece: 9mm UO Ortho: 200x; 8mm TeleVue Plossl: 225x; 12mm Celestron Ortho with Antares 2x barlow: 300x
Filters: 21, 56, 80A, 23A, 12
Seeing: 4-5/10 (ALPO)
Transparency: 4/6 into morning twilight
Observer: Harry Pulley
Location: Leslie V. Powis Observatory of Hamilton RASC
UT Date: 5SEP2005
UT Time: 7:14-7:21
Telescope: Vixen VC200L, 200mm f/9 catadioptric
Eyepiece: 8mm TV Plossl, 225x
Filter: #21 orange
Seeing: 3/10
Transparency: 3/6
Observer: Harry Pulley
Location: Leslie V. Powis Observatory of Hamilton RASC
UT Date: 5SEP2005
UT Time: 7:30-7:35
Telescope: Vixen VC200L, 200mm f/9 catadioptric
Eyepiece: 8mm TV Plossl, 225x
Filter: #80A blue
Seeing: 3/10
Transparency: 3/6
Observer: Harry Pulley
Location: Guelph, Ontario
UT Date: 13SEP2005
UT Time: 10:25-10:37
Telescope: Omcon 308, 80mm f/7 achromat
Eyepiece: 8mm TV Plossl with ~2x barlow, ~150x
Filter: #21 orange, #80A blue, #56 green
Seeing: 8/10
Transparency: morning twilight
Observer: Harry Pulley
Location: Guelph, Ontario
UT Date: 18SEP2005
UT Time: 9:50-10:07
Telescope: StellarVue 80/9D, 80mm f/9 achromat
Magnification: 144-200x
Filter: #21 orange, #80A blue
Seeing: 9/10
Transparency: morning twilight
Observer: Harry Pulley
Location: Guelph, Ontario
UT Date: 20SEP2005
UT Time: 10:45-11:05
Telescope: StellarVue 80/9D, 80mm f/9 achromat
Magnificaion: 180x
Filter: #21 orange with 8 yellow, #80A blue, #56 green
Seeing: 5/10
Transparency: morning twilight
Observer: Harry Pulley
Location: Guelph, Ontario
UT Date: 21SEP2005
UT Time: 5:00-5:40
Telescope: StellarVue 80/9D, 80mm f/9 achromat
Magnificaion: 144-180x
Filter: #21 orange, 8 yellow, #80A blue
Seeing: 4/10
Transparency: 3
Detail after processing in Registax and PhotoShop.
Observer: Harry Pulley
Location: Guelph, Ontario
UT Date: 27SEP2005
UT Time: 10:18-10:55
Telescope: Vixen 200mm f/9 catadioptric and StellarVue 80mm f/9 achromat
Magnification: 180-300x
Filter: #23A light red, #80A blue
Seeing: 4/10
Transparency: 4 to morning twilight
Observer: Harry Pulley
Location: Guelph, Ontario
UT Date: 28SEP2005
UT Time: 4:20-5:00
Telescope: Vixen 200mm f/9 catadioptric
Magnification: 180-240x
Filter: #23A light red, #80A blue, 25A dark red, 47 violet, 12 yellow, 11 yellow, 58 dark green
Seeing: 5-6/10
Transparency: 3
Observer: Harry Pulley
Location: Guelph, Ontario
UT Date: 28SEP2005
UT Time: 11:04-11:18
Telescope: StellarVue 80mm f/9 achromat
Magnification: 144-180x
Filter: #21 orange, #8 light yellow, #82A light blue
Seeing: 8/10
Transparency: 2 into morning
Intes/Orion 150mm Maksutov-Newtonian using a binoviewer at 180-250x.
Sept 29 2005 UT between 5:00 and 6:30 UTC
CM long.: 224
Seeing is 5/10 Poor transparency with pronounced haze.
Inverted (Newtonian view) with south up and east to the right. Noticeable terminator. Hellas quite brite on limb. [ Same face of Mars sketched Nov 1 2005.]
Gerry Smerchanski
Teulon, in Manitoba's Interlake region between Lakes Manitoba and Winnipeg.
Lat. 50.386 N Long. 97.25 W
Location: Guelph, Ontario
UT Date: 30SEP2005
UT Time: 8:14-8:23
Magnification: 180x
Filter: #80 blue
Seeing: 7/10
Transparency: 4, intermittent clouds. Red observation interrupted by clouds and a skunk!
Summary:
September revealed more fine detail with orographic clouds becoming visible towards month’s end when disk diameter exceeded 16”. Photographic details improved with increased disk size and the movie method began to be used to record the planet, with digital stills being employed on nights of very good seeing. Local weather conditions remained fairly stable with warm evenings giving way to cooler nights. More detail was recorded in this period than throughout the whole 2003 apparition.
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