Mycroft, my Macintosh Classic computer, operates from time to time as a novelty web server. This blog will post the operation schedule and the URL at which Mycroft may be found on any given run. This project originally began in August 2001 and lasted until November 2002. It was revised in June 2007 as part of Retrochallenge 2007. This blog is directly posted from Mycroft via email.
Right ascension 5 hours, 35 minutes, 47 seconds Declination 26 degrees, 49' 56" Magnitude -0.9 Distance from Earth: 0.707 AU No observations were possible tonight due to cloud cover.
Procedure: I will make observations of the planet Mars each night during the month of January. The daily update will include an image depicting the current position of Mars in relation to Earth using Orrery 1.2 and converted to a jpg image using GraphicConverter 2.2 (US). I will sketch my observations of the planet using MacPaint 1.0. This update will be created daily on my PowerBook 170.
Apparatus: My telescope is a small Cstar Stratus refractor, with which I should just be able to discern the disk of the planet. I may attempt some photographs using a 35 mm Fuji Discovery 500 zoom camera, which is approximately of the same era as the 170.
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