Mars

"The God of War"

• TYPE:  Planet
• RA: 22h 33.5'
• DEC:  -16degrees 03.5'
• SIZE:  30.05'
• VISUAL MAGNITUDE:  -2.86
• PHASE:  99.750%
• CONSTELLATION:  Aquarius
• DISTANCE:   Close as it will get in my life time.
• DIAMETER:  25 arc seconds

IMAGING INFORMATION

• TELESCOPE:  Celestron C-14, FL 3911 mm, Schmidt-Cassegrain reflector, on a Paramount GT1100 mount
• REDUCER/CORRECTOR:  16mm eyepiece projection
• CAMERA:  Santa Barbara Instruments, ST-8 Digital (Thermoelectrically cooled)
• ADAPTIVE OPTICS:  None
• FILTER(S):  None
• CCD COOLING TEMPERATURE:  -0 C
• BINNING/RESOLUTION:  1 X 1 (1530 X 1020)
• EXPOSURE TIME:  0.11 seconds
• NUMBER OF IMAGES: 1
• FILM SPEED:  None
• DATE/TIME:  09/01/2003 / 08:20:09 UTC
• LOCATION:  Valley Center, San Diego County, California
• TEMPERATURE:  Unknown
• HUMIDITY:  Unknown

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