Mars Opposition 2003 - August 18th 01:54PDT

WebCam Images

    Subject: Mars
    Date: August 19th 2003, Approx. 09:54 UT
    Equipment: Celestron C14 & ToUCam PCVC740K WebCam
    Focal Length: Approx. 15,640mm
    Focal Ratio: Approx. F44
    Pixel Scale: Approx. 0.31 arc seconds per pixel.
    Seeing Conditions: Poor

    • Time:
      2003 August 18 Monday, 1h 54m 00s
      JD: 2452869.8708333 TDT: 2452869.8715800 deltaT: 64.51 sec
      Apparent sideral time: Local: 22h 30m 00.662s Greenwich: 6h 39m 15.062s
      (All times in PDT, topocentric data for Seattle, Washington, United States)
    • Geocentric:
      True distance: 0.3784587 AU Light time: 0h 03m 08.9s
      Elongation from sun 165.73 degrees, west (visible in the morning)
      Equatorial Coordinates
      Apparent: R.A. 22h 47m 39.4s Dec. - 14d 53' 38.8"
      Ecliptical Coordinates
      Geometric: Lon. 337d 39' 50.0" Lat. - 6d 41' 20.0" (mean equinox, ecliptic of date)
      At zenith: Lon. - 117d 53' 56" Lat. - 14d 53' 39"
    • Topocentric:
      Airfree coordinates
      Altitude: 27.3656 deg Azimuth: 175.1986 deg
      Astrometric: R.A. 22h 47m 27.4s Dec. - 14d 55' 09.8" (J2000)
      Apparent: R.A. 22h 47m 39.5s Dec. - 14d 53' 59.4"
      Coordinates including refraction
      Altitude: 27.40 deg Azimuth: 175.20 deg
      Apparent: R.A. 22h 47m 39s Dec. - 14d 52' 07"
      Rises 21h 16.6m Transit 2h 11m 35.2s Sets 7h 06.4m
    • Physical:
      Diameter: 24.73"
      Visual magnitude: -2.8 mag, Surface Brightness: 3.9 mag/arcsec^2
      Phase: 0.992, Phase Angle: 10.40 deg
      Sub-Earth Phi (pl.centric): -19.07 deg, Phi: -19.30 deg, Lambda: 188.1 deg
      Sub-Solar Phi (pl.centric): -22.36 deg, Phi: -22.62 deg, Lambda: 198.7 deg
      Illuminated fraction: 0.992
      PositionAngle of axis: 344.83 deg (from North to East)
      Position Angle of axis: 348.19 deg (from Zenith to East)



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