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Mars 26 Mar 2024 - 5 Minute Stack, Seb Lukas

Mars 26 Mar 2024 - 5 Minute Stack

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging
Mars 26 Mar 2024 - 5 Minute Stack, Seb Lukas

Mars 26 Mar 2024 - 5 Minute Stack

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

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Mars in dawn sky on Wed 27 Mar 2024.

Another capture of the Red Planet following sunrise.  Elevation and angular size identical to the last image, background slightly darker due to a longer night.  Native F17 image scale in the top row, 1.5x drizzle stacks at the bottom.

This view is centered on longitude 215 with Mare Cimmerium on the terminator, Mare Tyrrhenum immediately to its west.  Resolution is good enough to detect the peak of Elysium Mons volcano (appearing as a bright white dot in the north-east due to an orographic cloud).  Blimp in the polar cap is also confirmed, indicating signs of possible breakup as we move towards the late southern spring.

Mars has crossed from Capricornus into Aquarius now and is racing towards conjunction with Saturn on the morning of Thu 11 Apr.  At the nearest point the two planets will be separated by approximately one Moon diameter.

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Mars 26 Mar 2024 - 5 Minute Stack, Seb Lukas