MarsWatch 1996-1997

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18 March 1997

NPC small, bright, white and sharp, symmetric. Close to the NPC edge three very dark streaks seen and in W80A a very faint lightening to its preceding. Elysium showed a bright core in W58. Hellas had a marginally lighter core in W58 and W80A. In I.L. and W80A the equatorial limb cloud stretched faintly to Libya. Syrtis Major-Iapigia-Syrtis Minor mottled with darker areas. Several extensions to Syrtis Major seen.

Observer:
Johan Warell
Coordinator,
Nordic Mars Observers
Wennerbergsg. 11
S-754 21 Uppsala, Sweden
E-mail:
johan.warell@astro.uu.se


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