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	Mars Compendium
	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!
	Janurary 5^th 2023
	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! 😊
	December 14^th 2022
	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.
	December 12^th 2022
	A good image in the conditions, in monochrome as well as colour showing the Valles Marineris vista.
	November 22^nd 2022
	Monochrome as well as a colour images revealing Tritonis, Gomer Sinus and M. Cimerium through Zephyria, plus an extensive North Polar Hood and cap.
	November 16^th 2022
	Syrtis Major as well as Tritonis and Gome Sinus are prominent in this vista of Mars from Nov. 16^th.
	November 3^rd 2022
	Mare Acidalium, Aurorae Sinus and the Oxus/Indus extensions etc are prominent in this view of Mars.
	October 26^th 2022
	Another Valles Marineris view with extensive haze/cloud cover over both the North & South poles of Mars here.
	An ir610nm filter view on the same night.
	Another colour image from this night.
	Earlier the same night…
	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.
	September 30^th 2022
	In the imge below and the following animation you can see that dust has obscured a large area on the Martian disk.
	September 24^th 2022
	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.
	September 23^rd 2022
	Only a day earlier than the above images another view of these dust storms in mono, colour and an animation.
	August 8^th 2022
	Mars is much smaller in the following images revealing different vistas of the planet, well before opposition.
	July 31^st 2022
	July 5^th 20222
	May 11^th 2022
	April 15^th 2022
The image below (April 15^th) and the following image (April 6^th) 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.
April 6^th 2022
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