http://www.ladyandtramp.com/steam/ Mars in 1986 with a 4-inch reflector en-us Bob Bunge, 1980 to present 2003-11-17T17:06 Bob Bunge Bob Bunge (mailto:bbunge@ladyandtramp.com) father eastern Author RSS 1.0 Jonathan Eisenzopf 11111 News Channel http://www.ladyandtramp.com/images/mars.png http://www.ladyandtramp.com/mars/ http://ladyandtramp.com/weblog/channels/mars_1986/images/1986-10-17-rdb.jpg Seeing 9. Wilbur Ave. Excellent seeing. Best in months. Most markings easy. Large white cloud (Dust storm?) just south of S Major. Planet quite small! Note, 2003: white area is likely Hellas. Down to 11" Last observation of the year. Bob Bunge 2003-11-17T17:06 1069088772:904617453998 http://ladyandtramp.com/weblog/channels/mars_1986/images/1986-09-21-rdb.jpg Seeing 8. Wilbur Ave. Getting very small. No south polar cap seen. All markings quite faint. North cap was best this year. Note of possible dust storm in center of disc. Note, 2003: 14.8" Bob Bunge 2003-11-17T17:03 1069088582:912129860444 http://ladyandtramp.com/weblog/channels/mars_1986/images/1986-09-12-rdb.jpg Seeing 9. Very small, much so over July! Upper light area was white - not orange. Rest of the markings were easy. Nice. Note,2003: Hellas was white. Down to 16" (it was 21" in July) and I'm seeing more detail. Good seeing, better observing skill. Bob Bunge 2003-11-17T16:59 1069088398:515765591132 http://ladyandtramp.com/weblog/channels/mars_1986/images/1986-08-08-rdb.jpg Seeing 7. Wilbur Ave. Most markings easy, except N. Hemisphere. White cloud extended onto front surface. Note, 2003: I suspect my time is off on this one and the CM is not correct. Look at the north polar hood! Bob Bunge 2003-11-17T16:55 1069088103:189041635793 http://ladyandtramp.com/weblog/channels/mars_1986/images/1986-08-05-rdb.jpg Seeing 8. All markings easy. Excellent night! Very pretty. Bob Bunge 2003-11-17T16:51 1069087905:686795596106 http://ladyandtramp.com/weblog/channels/mars_1986/images/1986-08-04-rdb.jpg Seeing 7. Wilbur Ave. All markings easy. Note, 2003: Sytris Major, nice dark ring around the South Polar Cap. Bob Bunge 2003-11-17T16:47 1069087650:369511994839 http://ladyandtramp.com/weblog/channels/mars_1986/images/1986-07-31-rdb.jpg Seeing 5. Wilbur Ave. Markings are quite faint! Bob Bunge 2003-11-17T16:45 1069087508:223611095062 http://ladyandtramp.com/weblog/channels/mars_1986/images/1986-07-30-rdb.jpg Seeing 2. Wilbur Ave. Bad seeing caused lost of all faint detail. Very small seeing cells. Bob Bunge 2003-11-17T16:40 1069087256:819801276622 http://ladyandtramp.com/weblog/channels/mars_1986/images/1986-07-27-rdb.jpg Seeing 4. Wilbur Ave. Dim markings, VERY HARD. Bob Bunge 2003-11-17T16:39 1069087160:250899800405 http://ladyandtramp.com/weblog/channels/mars_1986/images/1986-07-23-rdb.jpg Seeing 8, Wilbur Ave. Markings easy, Pos. ID in "The Book of Mars". NICE! Note 2003: Nope, still have the wrong names for the markings! Bob Bunge 2003-11-17T16:37 1069087047:758189160449 http://ladyandtramp.com/weblog/channels/mars_1986/images/1986-07-22-rdb.jpg Seeing 6-9. Wilbur Ave. All markings very faint, moments of great seeing. Later note: Names are wrong. Note, 2003: Huge jump in detail from earlier drawings. Bob Bunge 2003-11-17T16:33 1069086836:72191911357 http://ladyandtramp.com/weblog/channels/mars_1986/images/1986-07-19-rdb.jpg Seeing 4. Wilbur Ave. All markings pretty faint. Dust Storms? Note, 2003: Here I managed to draw Solis Lacus, Mare Acidalium and other markings pretty well! Bob Bunge 2003-11-17T16:31 1069086683:27962700304 http://ladyandtramp.com/weblog/channels/mars_1986/images/1986-07-15-rdb.jpg Seeing 5. Wilbur Ave. About the same as 7/14/86, but with/dark southern on west side. Note white bulge to the west. Bob Bunge 2003-11-17T16:26 1069086377:631187125880 http://ladyandtramp.com/weblog/channels/mars_1986/images/1986-07-14-rdb.jpg Seeing 4. Wilbur Avenue. Dark area below polar cap, neatly split, hints of details. Below, white bulge on leading, west, side. Morning clouds? Bob Bunge 2003-11-17T16:23 1069086239:890970558000 http://ladyandtramp.com/weblog/channels/mars_1986/images/1986-06-13-rdb.jpg Wilbur Avenue apartment balcony. Bad seeing, no markings other then polar cap and little below. Dust storm? 2003-11-17T16:20 1069086016:310765024813 Default Default Default