Observer: Dave Petherick
E-Mail: dpeth@petheng.on.ca
Date: April 29, 1997
Time: 03:21 UT
Location: Tottenham, Ontario CANADA
Lat: = 44 deg 1' N
Long: = 79 deg 50' W
Elev: = 700 feet ASL
Camera: CB245 (Cookbook CCD TC245 chip) - LDC (Low Dark Current Option)
On
Thermoelectric Cooling: On
Mode: External Binning (378 X 242) - 245PLUS Control Software
Exposure: 0.030 seconds
Dark Subtracted: Yes
Flat Fielded: Yes
Image Processing: Gamma unsharp masking, gamma scaling
Telescope: 8" f/8.2 Newtonian
Configuration: Eyepiece Projection (12.5mm Ortho) - f/96
Filter(s): Wratten Light Red (23A)
Sky/Weather Conditions: Slight haze, calm, 5 deg. C
Subject: Mars
Apparent Magnitude: -0.48
Central Meridian: 5
Apparent Diameter: 11.7 arc-minutes