Mars. Applets. Mission. Cosmology. Welcome to Heavens-Above! SpaceRef - Space News As It Happens. Space-shuttle-cockpit1.jpg (JPEG Image, 3014×2000 pixels) - Scaled (41%) NEWS - Astronomy Australia. Space, Science, Health, and Technology News and Information. University of London Observatory Mars Observations - 2003. (South is up in all images) 2003 September 29, UT 2003 Telescope: Fry 8-inch refractor Camera:Astrovid Planetcam colour video CCD Observers:Dr.
Mike Dworetsky and 2nd-year Diploma class students 2003 September 16, UT 2239 Telescope: Fry 8-inch refractor Camera:Astrovid Planetcam colour video CCD Observer:Dr. Mike Dworetsky 2003 September 4, UT 2303 Telescope: Fry 8-inch refractor Camera:Astrovid Planetcam colour video CCD (435 frames co-added with Registax) Observer:Dr. 2003 August 30/31 Telescope: Fry 8-inch refractor Camera:Astrovid Planetcam colour video CCD (93 and 94 frames co-added with Registax) Observer:Dr. Finding Mars in the sky In mid-October, Mars has risen above the south-east horizon after sunset, so one has to wait an hour or so for it to rise high enough in the sky to observe conveniently.
Mars can be observed for some weeks near opposition, although it will fade slowly as the Earth moves ahead of Mars in its orbit and Mars gets further away. The view through a telescope. National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville. NASA Seeks Suggestions for Mars Photos SpaceRef - Your Space Reference. Earth comes closer to Mars this month than it has in nearly 60,000 years, but one new opportunity for seeing details on the red planet comes from a vantage point much closer.
The public has an unprecedented opportunity to suggest places on Mars that should be photographed from a spacecraft orbiting that planet. Camera operators for NASA's Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft are ready to take suggestions online for new places for images from the Mars Orbiter Camera. The spacecraft, managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, Calif., has been orbiting Mars since 1997, with more than 20,000 orbits so far.
The Mars Orbiter Camera has already taken more than 120,000 pictures of Mars. "We've only covered about three percent of the surface area of Mars with the high-resolution camera. "NASA's Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft team will examine each request to ensure the safety of this priceless 'eye in the sky' above Mars," said Dr. Australia Telescope National Facility.