MarsWatch 1996-1997

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15 May 1997

Nilokeras, Tanais, Ascraeus Lacus and Mare Sirenum were the most prominent albedo features. Ascraeus dark and drop-shaped, pointed towards Nilokeras. Interesting dusky streaky features on a.m. hemisphere. Tempe, Xanthe, Phaethontis and Elysium-Cebrenia clearly light. A very faint equatorial cloud band stretched across the disk, thin and homogeneous. NPC was sharp and white.

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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