Mars 2018-07-18 08:05 UTC

CM1: 263.40°

CLat: -12.20°

Description

Seeing remained decent. After this photo, clouds from the south took over the sky and ended the night of imaging.

Notes:

There's a faint cloud above the dust storm in much of the southern hemisphere east of the central meridian. At this point, it has become fainter than earlier in the night.
Mare Cimmerium is setting.
Most of the south polar cap is covered by dust. The cap also appears to have a hole.
Hellas Basin is under a bright cloud of dust.

Equipment

ZWO ASI290MM

Astro-Physics Advanced Convertible Barlow

Celestron EdgeHD 14

Logs

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