Mars in 2006

Most Recent Image on May 10th 2006

May 10, 2006 at f/83 - Mare Cimmerium and

Mare Tyrrhenum separated by Hesperia in red image, of the SPC at the top and airborne dust to the East covering

NPC at bottom covers part of Mare Utopia. Mare Hadracium

May 03, 2006 at f/83 - Clouds in Libia near left limb, NPC at bottom that covers part of Mare Boreum.

Apr 28, 2006 at f/83 - Clouds in Aeria and Moab, NPC at bottom covers Mare Boreum.

Apr 22, 2006 at f/83 - South polar hood and clouds over Argyre at top visible in color and blue filter images. Clouds shown in blue filter image over NPC at bottom that covers part of Mare Boreum.

Apr 20, 2006 at f/83 - Argyre impact basin bright in color and red filter image, but not in blue, suggesting something bright on ground. NPC at bottom covers Mare Boreum.

Apr 13, 2006 at f/83 - South polar hood at top visible in color and blue filter images. Thin clouds shown in blue filter image over NPC at bottom that covers part of Mare Boreum.

Apr 05, 2006 at f/72 - Thick clouds at bottom over NPC that covers part of dark Uchronia.

Mar 30, 2006 at f/72 - South polar hood visible as a wide band stretching from limb-to-limb near the top of color and blue-filter images. Clouds also on afternoon(left) limb and some over NPC at bottom. Red-filter image shows NPC covering parts of Utopia and Umbra.

— 1997 Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers Mars Map — Copyright @ 1997 by Carlos Hernandez and Daniel Troiani.

Mar 26, 2006 at f/72 - Large area of clouds in Hellas at upper left and surrounding regions. This may be a preview of a very extensive South polar hood coming in the months ahead. Clouds also on afternoon(left) limb and some over NPC at bottom.

Mar 26, 2006 at f/72 - Clouds over Hellas, Western Iapygia, Syrtis Major and Eastern end of Sabeus Sinus. NPC visible at bottom in color and red-filter images.

Mar 23, 2006 at f/72 - Tops of color and blue images show SPH and clouds East of there over the Hellas basin at the top left. Bottom of Color image shows Southern part of the North Polar Cap.

Mar 15, 2006 at f/72 - Tops of color and blue images show clouds near Mare Australe extending westward into Argyre basin. Bottom of color image shows Southern part of the North polar cap. Blue image shows clouds in parts of Mare Acidalium but none over NPC.

Mar 04, 2006 at f/38 - Used Registax 2X Drizzle process. - Extended bright area on afternoon (left) limb in blue filter image could indicate clouds over the triple volcanoes. Blue filter image also shows large area of clouds extending from the South pole at the top Northward into Electris and Eridania in the Southern Hemisphere

Mar 03, 2006 at f/38 - Used Registax 2X Drizzle process. - Dark band across the top is Mare Sirenum and merges on the right with Mare Cimmerium best seen in the red image. Blue filter image shows large area of clouds over the dark Propontis Complex on the Northern limb at the bottom. Dark area at the lower right in the color and red image is the Trivium Charontis region.

Mar 01, 2006 at f/83 - The bright part of the South polar

hood at the top seems to diminish a lot West of the

central meridian per the blue-filter image. The region

including edge of the NPC looks less cloudy per the

blue-filter image. The region near Olympus Mons looks

cloudy per the blue-filter image.

Feb 27, 2006 at f/83 - The South polar hood at the top is relatively bright per color image and the blue-filter image. The region including edge of the NPC looks like it has clouded over per the blue-filter image.

Feb 24, 2006 at f/83 - Imaging in partly cloudy skies with some good seeing. The big change is the North polar cap at the bottom is clearly visible in the color picture aided by a more Northerly declination of Earth of -10 degrees. The red image below this set of images on the 19th also shows the NPC.

For comparison of features, Dec 08, 2005 at f/50 with Earth’s Declination at -19 degrees - SPC not visible and North Polar Hood at bottom; Numerous clouds in Antarctic; Hesperia at central meridian. Northern clouds in Aetheria and Isidis Regio North of Libya.

Feb 19, 2006 at f/83 - Imaging in very cold transparent skies with very good seeing. Both the color and Blue filtered images show a cloud band in the Southeastern Polar region and almost connecting to clouds in Hellas. NPH is bright.

Feb 19, 2006 at f/83 about 1/2 hour later - Seeing worsened. Both the color and Blue filtered images show a cloud in the Southeastern Polar region and almost connecting to clouds in Hellas. Bright cloud in Lybia. NPH is bright.

Saturn on Feb 19, 2006 at 4:38UT at f/55 - Imaging in very cold transparent skies with very good seeing. The storm at 35 South latitude is not visible. Some bright spots are visible to the far right in the South Equatorial belt. Note the green band in the south polar region

Saturn on March 1, 2006 at 04:21UT at f/55 with North at the top. Bright spot in the South Tropical zone left of center is probably the storm reported about 3 weeks ago. The spot is about 15 degrees West of the central meridian CMII of 80 degrees giving it a CMII of 95W degrees. This agrees fairly well with an observation by Brian Maynard of EOC on Feb 26th. The storm’s CMII for Brian’s image is about 123W degrees based on an image time of 02:30UT.

Feb 07, 2006 at f/83 - Imaging in mostly clear skies with very good seeing. Both the color and Blue filtered images show a cloud band over the South Pole and connecting to clouds just west of the Argyre basin. NPH is bright.

Feb 07, 2006 at f/83 about 1/2 hour later - Imaging with good seeing. Both the color and Blue filtered images show a cloud band over the South Pole and connect to clouds in Western Argyre. NPH is bright.

Feb 02, 2006 at f/83 - Imaging in very clear skies with fair seeing. Both the color and Blue filtered images show a brighter South polar hood(SPH) than the Feb 1st images.

Feb 01, 2006 at f/83 - Imaging with wind and poor seeing. Both the color and Blue filtered images show the SPH. NPH looks incomplete.

Jan 30, 2006 at f/50 - Imaging in partly clear skies with turbulent seeing. Blue image indicates clouds from North polar region curving around to East equatorial limb.

Jan 27, 2006 at f/50 - Imaging through clouds with turbulent seeing. Blue image indicates thick clouds from North polar region curving around to East equatorial limb.

Jan 24, 2006 at f/60 - ToUcam color image - SPC not visible. Bluish-cap-like feature is likely South polar hood over the South pole at top and NPH at bottom. Blue image - Clouds over Oylmpus Mons and Phoenicis Lacus on eastern limb.

— 1997 Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers Mars Map — Copyright @ 1997 by Carlos Hernandez and Daniel Troiani.

Jan 19, 2006 at f/55 - Two sets of images taken about 45-minutes apart, seeing poor; ToUcam color images - SPC not visible. Bluish-cap-like feature is likely South polar hood over the South pole at top. Blue images - Cloudy over south pole, dense clouds over eastern limb. NPH at bottom.

Jan 04, 2006 at f/50 - Seeing fair; SPC not visible. Broad clouds over and to the North of the South pole. Clouds over eastern Hellas and Syrtis Major and over southern Mare Erythraeum. NPH at bottom.

Jan 04, 2006 at f/50. Green image - Heavy clouds over Hellas and Syrtis Major. NPH at bottom. Blue image - Clouds over Hellas, Syrtis Major and the South Pole; Cloud band over southern Mare Erythraeum. NPH at bottom.

Jan 01, 2006 at f/50 - Seeing fairly good; SPC not visible. Broad clouds apparently over and to the North of the South pole. Clouds over Hellas and Hellespontus and over southern Mare Erythraeum. NPH at bottom.

Jan 01, 2006 at f/50. Green image - Low clouds over Hellas and Hellespontus and immediately North of the South pole. NPH at bottom. Blue image - Clouds over Hellas and the South Pole; Cloud bands over southern Mare Erythraeum. NPH at bottom.

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