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Mars 30 Sep 2018 - Sinus Sabaeus / Novus Mons - 9 min WinJ composite of drizzle and non-drizzle stacks, Seb Lukas

Mars 30 Sep 2018 - Sinus Sabaeus / Novus Mons - 9 min WinJ composite of drizzle and non-drizzle stacks

Mars 30 Sep 2018 - Sinus Sabaeus / Novus Mons - 9 min WinJ composite of drizzle and non-drizzle stacks, Seb Lukas

Mars 30 Sep 2018 - Sinus Sabaeus / Novus Mons - 9 min WinJ composite of drizzle and non-drizzle stacks

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WinJUPOS composite of three 180 second exposures taken on the evening of 30 Sep 2018 (capture midpoint is at 7:05 pm with sunset taking place at 6:06 pm). One and a half hour imaging session between 5:33 and 7:12 pm local Canberra time. The three stacks combined into this image cover 15 minutes near the end of night's recording run.

Despite 16 arc second diameter fair amount of detail can be discerned with Mountains of Mitchel (Novus Mons) visible next to receding SPC.

Out of all dark albedo features, Huygens crater is most prominent (east of Syrtis Major) followed by Sinus Sabaeus (nearing central meridian). There is a hint of a dark area inside an otherwise pale bright Hellas basin while Sinus Meridiani rotates into view.

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Mars 30 Sep 2018 - Sinus Sabaeus / Novus Mons - 9 min WinJ composite of drizzle and non-drizzle stacks, Seb Lukas