Although the north pole is slightly tilted towards Earth, the North Polar Cap is at minimum since it's late summer for Mars' northern hemisphere. The bright spot in the middle of the disk is Elysium, and the bright spot at lower left is Hellas Basin. | Mars Details: | | Night of: | Wednesday March 16, 2016 | Site: | Laguna Niguel | Local Time: | 3:42 AM | Mar 17, 2016 | Altitude: | 33° | | Distance: | 85,719,000 miles | Magnitude: | -0.12 mV | Diameter: | 10.16 arcsec | Tilt: | +7.6° NP | CM: | 215° | Phase Angle: | 34.82° | Illumination: | 91.05% |
| | Camera Settings: | | Telescope: | 9.25-SCT | Camera: | Celestron NexImage5 | f/ratio: | f/10 | Pixel Scale: | 0.214 arcsec | Gain: | 8 | Exposure: | 0.033 sec | Video Length: | ? | Frames: | | Stacked: | 1000 |
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