Mars, Olympus Mons, orographic clouds - 9 Jan 2012

Posted by Jaicoa2
on Tuesday, January 17, 2012

by Efrain Morales Rivera

Date: 01/09/2012, 09:44ut

Location: Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

Mars is approaching at a gibbous phase and on this session showing its largest volcano Olympus Mons and in our solar system under orographic clouds and at the Tharsis Montes region at the limb.

Equipment: LX200ACF 12 in. OTA, F30, CGE mount, PGR Flea3 Ccd, TeleVue 3x barlows, Astronomik Ir, RGB filter set.

Tags: Mars
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