29 January Observations

Right ascension 5 hours, 33 minutes, 32 seconds
Declination 26 degrees, 41' 59"
Magnitude -0.6
Distance from Earth: 0.764 AU
Mars is clear and bright directly overhead. It is a beautiful sight, but also at a most inconvenient angel for my telescope. Still, I was able to make some observations on this increasingly colder night. If the cold front moving through the Plains brings clouds, this may be the last clear night before the RetroChallenge ends. I am not sure if I made out surface detail, or if it was part of a phase.
Mycroft