Hi,

I had to play around a bit and create a mars observation chart 2010 for my location for the ephemeris page.

Mars Chart 2010

Mars will reach culmination heights around 60° over here at least. I hope this will compensate for the max. apparent diameter of only 14,09” during the upcoming opposition. Hopefully the weather will be more imaging friendly during the holiday season than it has been so far for the beginning mars season.

Clear skies,
Oliver

P.S.: Image scaling looks awfull on Explorer6, click image for full caption then…