Mars.

n average of 344 frames from video taken using my 600 MHz iBook with an OrangeMicro iBot FireWire CCD webcam using BTV Pro mounted with a Mogg webcam adapter on an 203.2mm f/6.3 classic Meade LX200 Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope with a JMI MotoFocus with DRO and a TeleVue 5x PowerMate at 1:18 AM on September 7, 2003 in Ellenville, NY. Each of the frames was aligned and averaged using Keith's Image Stacker after subtracting a dark frame from each on my 467MHz PowerMacintosh G4. Distance at 0.3810 au and increasing. Longitude of central meridian: 318.3 deg. Apparent diameter is 24.57 arcsec. Altitude: +30°29'25" (with refraction: +30°31'05")

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