MarsWatch 1996-1997

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15 April 1997

Hazes prominent but not very bright, morning limb haze very extended. NPC sharp-edged, white and with dark segmented collar. Evening limb haze over Aeria was whitish, Noachis-Argyre slightly bluish and Chryse-Xanthe-Candor-Tempe yellowish. Tempe and Candor enhanced on morning terminator. Albedo features much as on April 12 but slightly less detailed. Mare Serpentis very dusky under haze and Nilokeras-Achillis Fons-Idaeus Fons of interesting structure. The appearance of the dark segments of Nilokeras is different from April 12; I have not been able to make out their structure well.

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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