ART ASTRONOMY Uranus
2023 on Sun, Moon, Venus & Miscellaneous PROCESSING
TUTES |
MARS 2022/2023 APPARITION |
Note: Some
of the images on this page are "clickable" and will open up as
"full scale images" in a new tab. |
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Mars
Compendium |
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Although this
Mars apparition was plagued by poor seeing and Mars being smaller overall,
plus low in the sky for us, the images above represents a compendium of the
best colour images from the 2022/2023 Mars apparition. They range
from when Mars was still far away and only about 5 arc-seconds in diameter
through to opposition and beyond. Remember
to click on the image above to see them at the maximum scale of your viewing
screen - & again when the larger image page opens! |
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Janurary 5th
2023 |
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Well after
opposition, the following colour and individual filter (monchrome) images
display a Mars with
clouds covering a substantial amount of the Martian disk, giving it a very
“atmospheric” appearance… Notwithstanding
the pun! 😊 |
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December
14th 2022 |
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Individual
and colour images of Mars with Syrtis Major past the Centrl Meridian plus
Sinus Sabaeus & Sinus Meridiani…the blue filter image best revealing
Mars’ clouds on this night. |
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December
12th 2022 |
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A good
image in the conditions, in monochrome as well as colour showing the Valles
Marineris vista. |
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November
22nd 2022 |
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Monochrome
as well as a colour images revealing Tritonis, Gomer Sinus and M. Cimerium
through Zephyria, plus an
extensive North Polar Hood and cap. |
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November
16th 2022 |
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Syrtis
Major as well as Tritonis and Gome Sinus are prominent in this vista of Mars
from Nov. 16th. |
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November 3rd
2022 |
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Mare
Acidalium, Aurorae Sinus and the Oxus/Indus extensions etc are prominent in
this view of Mars. |
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October 26th
2022 |
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Another
Valles Marineris view with extensive haze/cloud cover over both the North
& South poles of Mars here. |
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An ir610nm
filter view on the same night. |
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Another
colour image from this night. |
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Earlier
the same night… |
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Even
earlier still that night: looking at this one and the images above in
ascending order reveals the rotation of Mars from left to right. |
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September
30th 2022 |
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In the
imge below and the following animation you can see that dust has obscured a
large area on the Martian disk. |
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September
24th 2022 |
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Here,
about a week before the images above you can really see the dust clouds/storm
coverage on the Maritan disk. It appears
like a giant hand or fork reaching from the South pole to about 2/3 way up
towards the other pole, with some white cloud visible around the Northern
polar regions. |
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September
23rd 2022 |
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Only a day
earlier than the above images another view of these dust storms in mono,
colour and an animation. |
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August 8th
2022 |
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Mars is
much smaller in the following images revealing different vistas of the
planet, well before opposition. |
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July 31st
2022 |
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July 5th
20222 |
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May 11th
2022 |
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April 15th
2022 |
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The image
below (April 15th) and the following image (April 6th)
are notewhorthy for the amount of detail revealed for such a small and
distant Mars captures, only slightly more than 5 arc-seconds in diameter. |
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April 6th
2022 |
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