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7 March 1997

March 7, 1997 U.T.
03:40 U.T.
Wratten 80A, Light Blue.
C.M.: 119 deg
Ls: 87 deg
De: 22.25 deg
17.5" f/4.5 Newtonian, 520x
Seeing: 4 (1-10, 10 best)
Transparency: 6 (1-6, 6 best)
Notes: There were clouds almost everywhere. Seeing was at times bad enough that I perhaps missed some. Orographic cloud over Olympus Mons and the Tharsis volcanoes. Very bright morning limb haze (MLH) and evening limb haze (ELH) as well as faint equatorial cloud band (ECB).

Daniel M. Troiani (Mars Section Leader, ALPO)
dtroiani@triton.cc.il.us

Observing Station:
Rima Tenuis Observatory
Schaumburg, IL 60193
+42 deg North, 88 deg West


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