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First Mars in 2022, Karl-Heinz Macek

First Mars in 2022

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

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Mars
on June 20, 2022
Mars could not be missing these days, even though the planet is still a long way from its opposition in December and is currently 201,151,000 kilometers from Earth with an apparent diameter of only 6.9 arc seconds. Extra small.
Suffice it to say that at the moment of its opposition (the closest point to the Earth) its distance is reduced to 87,900,000 kilometers and its apparent diameter rises to 15.9 seconds of arc.
Despite its distance, there are some interesting details.
The extended south pole cap
A large area of ​​(bluish) clouds on the north pole
The large Syrtis Major Planitia (dark area) in the center of the image.

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