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Mars at the 2022 opposition, Francesco Meschia

Mars at the 2022 opposition

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

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Image taken about 3 hours past the end of the Lunar occultation, on the night of the opposition.
North is down. Well visible is the North polar hood, as well as blueish haze in the Martian morning. Surface features, from right (West) to left (East): Aeria and the Eastern portion of Sinus Sabaeus, Syrtis Major, Hellas, Moeris Lacus, Syrtis Minor, Mare Tyrrhenum, Ausonia, Hesperia, Eridania and Mare Cimmerum,

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