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Images were taken using a ToUCam 840Pro camera on a 12-inch Newtonian telescope. Mars is shown with South at the top and rotates from right to left. The first two images show the beginning and the end of the Mars apparition for me. The date is shown on each image as year-month-day. A map of Mars can be viewed by scrolling down to the bottom. Good seeing to all in 2007. Jim Melka
July 17, 2005 Ls 251
Syrtis Major and Hellas the largest known impact basin above it. Small South Polar Cap and Mountains of Mitchel extension visible at top.
May 10, 2006
Mare Cimmerium and Mare Tyrrhenum prominent and North Polar Cap at the bottom imaged on May 10, 2006. Mars completed about half of its orbit since the July 17, 2005 image on the left.
September 08, 2005 September 21, 2005
Solis Lacus, Mare Sirenum, Mare Cimmerium, and small South Polar Cap are prominent. See upper central part of map. Bright cloud over Arsia Mons left of center near the Equator. Learned in 2019 that it was a vertical plume-shaped icy cloud and shadow projecting to Phoenicus Lacus.
October 16, 2005
Noachis shows numerous oases; Double canal(Gehon?) going Northward from Meridiani Sinus near center. North Polar Hood at bottom with its shadow bands above it are visible.
October 18, 2005
Small SPC at top and large North Polar Hood in image; clouds on both limbs. Mare Erythraeum, Valles Marinaris and Solis Lacus in central part of image. Pre-dust clouds image.
October 28, 2005
Small SPC at top and North Polar Hood in images; At center of image are V-shaped dust clouds in Chryse and in Eos where features are distorted and obscured. Compare with Oct 16th image.
October 29, 2005
Small SPC at top and shadow band from large North Polar Hood at bottom; Fogs on Morning limb. Large bright dust storm to the right of Meridiani Sinus.
November 07, 2005
One day later, the dust storm has increase in size and extended eastward into Pandorae Fretum.
November 07, 2005 November 19, 2005
Very small SPC at top and North Polar Hood at bottom; Fogs on both limbs. White cloud over Northern Libya. Bright and nearly circular Elysium Mons prominent lower center.
December 02, 2005
Heavy blue ice fogs on both limbs. Olympus Mons is visible lower right quadrant as a bright area surrounded by dark regions. Solis Lacus is large dark feature left of center.
December 08, 2005
Very small SPC at top and North Polar Hood at bottom; Antarctic morning clouds at upper right limb. White clouds over southern Syrtis Major and Meridiani Sinus. Actually, in this image and the one on the right, Mars is partly sunny!!
SPC not visible and North Polar Hood at bottom; Numerous clouds in Antarctic near top; Hesperia at central meridian. Northern clouds in Aetheria and Isidis Regio North of Libya.
The map of Mars is courtesy of — 1997 Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers Mars Map — Copyright @ 1997 by Carlos Hernandez and Daniel Troiani. South is at the top just like the images.
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