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Mars at opposition - 2016 05 24 from 02:16 to 03:02 UT, Almir Germano

Mars at opposition - 2016 05 24 from 02:16 to 03:02 UT

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9 frame animation, nearly forty minutes of data, one hour of real time, some 25 90 sec captures, all amassed and derotated with WinJupos.

SCT 11", f/40, ASI224MC Cooled.

Since it was OSC, I split RGB processed it, with a B enhanced to show the clouds.

And they show... A north polar cloud front, with a curious chevron like pattern over Utopia. Bellow it, over Arcadia, some more cloud grouping crossing the meridian. Wispy equatorial belt is barely visible. Around the south polar region, the covering is extensive, over most of Promethei Terra.

Apparently this formations has some west to east movement, counter Mars rotation, or my eyes and processing are playing a trick. Most curious...

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Mars at opposition - 2016 05 24 from 02:16 to 03:02 UT, Almir Germano