MARS IMAGES 13 December, 2003

D.C. Parker, Coral Gables, FL. 16-in (41cm) Newtonian
           ST9XE CCD Camera  Eyepiece Projection @ f/55
                       Integration Times: RRGB Images
 RED (RG610 Red Filter, 610-1100nm: NO IR Rejection)   0.15s 1-2  images
 GREEN (CFW8C, 531nm central; BWHM 86nm)   0.58s 3 images
 BLUE (CFW8C, 450nm central, BWHM 116nm)   2.65-3.00s 3-4 images
             Images bias,flat and dark corrected.

Seeing  poor  (4 Pickering) with 90% overcast, altocumulus and high cirrus.    
Transparency = 0-4m .  Wind E 0-5 kts. Altitude = 53-38 degrees. No dew. 

Large bright dust clouds in Chryse extending south and west across Eos and west into Candor. 
Smaller dust clouds in Erythraeum M. and northern Argyre. Most of Aurorae Sinus obscured. 
NP Hood weak. Dust bright in green and to a lesser extend in blue.
Possible additional cloud in Aram on PM limb.