Mars 27.10.2005  22:28 UT

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ATK-1C (CCD Sony ICX-098BQ)
IRB
GSO-Newton8" - Eyepiece projection
800 mm + 2x barlow = 1600 mm
F4 (F8)
3400 mm
F17
Registax: Alignn (Classic Method, Lowest quality 90%), Resampling,
Stack best 1104 of 1741 frames, Wavelet
MaxIm DL, Photoshop

The Calculated Sky data of MARS *

Time:

     2005 October 27 Thursday, 22h 28m 43s
     JD: 2453671.3532755    TDT: 2453671.3540255    deltaT: 64.80 sec
     Apparent sideral time:  Local:  0h 00m 22.601s   Greenwich: 22h 53m 53.535s
     (All times in CEST, UTC+02:00, topocentric data for Prelog, Croatia)
     Central Meridian CM: 187.39 deg        South pole points towards Earth

Geocentric:

     True distance: 0.4645118 AU      Light time:  0h 03m 51.8s
     Elongation from sun 165.82 degrees, west (visible in the morning)

     Equatorial Coordinates
     Apparent:    R.A.  3h 06m 03.6s   Dec. +  16d 21' 41.7"

     Ecliptical Coordinates
     Geometric:   Lon.  48d 40' 10.4"  Lat. -   1d 03' 34.0"  (mean equinox, ecliptic of date)

     At zenith:   Lon.  63d 02' 32"  Lat. +  16d 21' 42" (WGS84 coordinates)

Topocentric:

     Airfree coordinates
     Altitude:     41.3314 deg         Azimuth:  112.2217 deg    Direction:  East-Southeast ESE
     Astrometric: R.A.  3h 05m 43.9s   Dec. +  16d 19' 59.9"  (J2000)
     Apparent:    R.A.  3h 06m 04.3s   Dec. +  16d 21' 31.1"

     Coordinates including refraction
     Altitude:     41.35 deg         Azimuth: 112.22 deg  Direction: East-Southeast ESE
     Apparent:    R.A.  3h 06m 01s   Dec. +  16d 22' 21"


     Rises:   18h 20.0m  (Azimuth:  65.3° ENE)
     Transit:  1h 33m 43.0s on following day (Altitude: +60.03°)
     Sets:     8h 47.3m on following day (Azimuth: 294.7° WNW)
     Time above horizon: 14h 27.3m

     In constellation Aries (Ari)
     In zodiac sign  Taurus, 18.7°

Physical:

     Diameter: 20.15"
     Visual magnitude: -2.2 mag,   Surface Brightness: 4.0 mag/arcsec^2
     Phase:            0.993,      Phase Angle: 9.67 deg
     Sub-Earth Phi (pl.centric): -13.70 deg,  Phi: -13.87 deg,  Lambda: 187.4 deg (CM Central Meridian)
     Sub-Solar Phi (pl.centric): -17.87 deg,  Phi: -18.08 deg,  Lambda: 196.5 deg
     Illuminated fraction:   0.993
     PositionAngle of axis: 321.64 deg (from North to East)
     Position Angle of axis:   3.65 deg (from Zenith to East)

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