Martian Calender - I have created a martian calender...

tahanson43206 · 2021-08-21 07:17:13

Today on Mars: 0036/07/23 Monday <<-- Days of the week are not in alignment with Earth.

Today on Earth: 2021/08/21 Saturday (Earth Date) Post Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Per http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/mars/tim … _time.html

Martian Year: 36 Martian Month in 12 month format: 3 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 90 degrees

Solar Longitude: 088.1 Sol Number: 190 Change in degrees is +.4
Previous SL: 087.7 Previous Sol:189

Note that Solar Longitude measurement varies as a function of location in orbit.

Note#2: https://theskylive.com/mars-tracker This web site shows the astronomical position of Mars.
Minus prefix means Mars is approaching the Sun. Perihelion occurred at Ls 253 on Sol 485 - Earth Date 2020/08/03
Plus prefix means Mars is moving away from the Sun. Aphelion occurred on Sol 152 at 71 degrees Ls.
Aphelion occurred near 70 degrees Ls on Sol 153 (per www.planetary.org)

Note#3: The computations below are dependent upon both the computations provided by the reference web site and by accuracy of recording of the time of observations. The calculations use tenths of hours. The Sun Distance needs to be captured at the moment the time increments to a given tenth.

Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 248,068,709 km [22.1 km/s] Difference is -062139 <= 2390 km/hour at 9.0 on 08/21 (time:9:00)
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 248,130,848 km [22.1 km/s] Difference is -051199 <= 2327 km/hour at 7.0 on 08/20 (time:7:00)
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 248,182,047 km [22.1 km/s] Difference is -057884 <= 2270 km/hour at 9.0 on 08/19 (time:9:00)

Next up: Star TYC 268-466-1 Magnitude 9.06 below path Day 0 about 11 hours ahead
Next up: Bracket pair: Galaxy PGC 33441 Magnitude 15.10 above about 14 hours ahead
Star TYC 268-344-1 Magnitude 11.14 just above path Day - about 13 hours ahead - Day 1 about 11 hours past Mars

As a general observation ... In recent days I've become increasingly interested in knowing what the larger view of the sky might be like.
The site: theskylive.com does a terrific job of matching the view from Earth towards Mars, against a background of actual astronomical plates.
I wish there were a way (or rather, I wish I ** knew ** about a way that may exist) to enlarge the view until the entire galaxy is in view.
Update 2021/07/30 I wrote to an astronomer to ask if there might be a web site with a view showing the galaxy in context of a given view.

Note: The curve of the path of Mars as seen against the background of stars is now a line trending noticeably down and East as seen from Earth
In recent days, the curve has been slowly bending down through horizontal. Earth Distance at last update here) was km 390,083,083
Light travel in one second is (about) 300,000 kilometers. The distance covered in one minute is about 18,000,000 kilometers.
Light travel time today is between 21 and 22 minutes. Communications delay would be 42+ minutes round trip. [21:390,000,000] [22:420,000,000]

In his online interview with Dr. Zubrin at the 2020 Mars Conference, Elon Musk reminded the audience that communications with Mars will necessarily include an intermediary station to handle traffic when the Sun is between Mars and Earth. Communications delays in that circumstance will increase due to the extra distance to be covered. Mr. Musk indicated he expects such communication will be handled by laser. Location would be optimum at poles of solar plane.

Mars is executing the "Retrograde" movement as seen from Earth. Earth is passing "under" Mars.
Progress of Mars (as seen from Earth) is transitioning back to Eastward as the retrograde movement continues.
The online solar system display at the link below shows clearly how the Mars retrograde movement will occur in months ahead.
Retrograde movement started 2020/09/08 Sol 520

This web site offers an online model of the solar system: www.solarsystemscope.com It requires Chrome 57, Firefox 52 or Safari 10.1

Sol 190 is in Month 07 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 07 extends from Sol 168 through 195. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 04
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 190 is Monday in the Proposed Business calendar for Mars. <<== Skip day occurred July 21 the next skip day is expected August 27 on Earth

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees. <<== The current year on Mars is 36
Per www.planetary.org this occurred February 7, 2021 (on Earth). The new Mars Year is 36.

The next Skip Day will occur in August (27th on Earth. A Skip Day occurs when the longer Mars Sol accumulates 24 Earth hours.
For those who may be following this proposed calendar closely, there exists a "feature" I had not anticipated.
Days of the week fall behind Earth due to the longer Sol, but they gain when Friday is omitted at the end of a Quarter
337 Earth days were observed to elapse in the 2020 weekday cycle. There were 7 week day transitions and 2 Quarter ends.

For current weather on Mars see:

***https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/weather/***
***Insights weather info has been suspended and now is directing to msl***

https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/weather/

Per SpaceNut: Here is another web page by NASA containing the latest news releases

https://mars.nasa.gov/news/?page=0&per_ … ope=Latest

All forum members are invited to post significant events for this day.
Events of interest will be ON Mars, or relate to Mars. Examples are launches, landings, discoveries

Recruiting text may be found at the bottom of this post: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257

Month 7 of 24: - Quarter 2 of 4 [Month 7-12] (This month has 28 days)

tahanson43206 · 2021-08-22 06:37:43

Today on Mars: 0036/07/24 Tuesday <<-- Days of the week are not in alignment with Earth.

Today on Earth: 2021/08/22 Sunday (Earth Date) Post Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Per http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/mars/tim … _time.html

Martian Year: 36 Martian Month in 12 month format: 3 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 90 degrees

Solar Longitude: 088.5 Sol Number: 191 Change in degrees is +.4
Previous SL: 088.1 Previous Sol:190

Note that Solar Longitude measurement varies as a function of location in orbit.

Note#2: https://theskylive.com/mars-tracker This web site shows the astronomical position of Mars.
Minus prefix means Mars is approaching the Sun. Perihelion occurred at Ls 253 on Sol 485 - Earth Date 2020/08/03
Plus prefix means Mars is moving away from the Sun. Aphelion occurred on Sol 152 at 71 degrees Ls.
Aphelion occurred near 70 degrees Ls on Sol 153 (per www.planetary.org)

Note#3: The computations below are dependent upon both the computations provided by the reference web site and by accuracy of recording of the time of observations. The calculations use tenths of hours. The Sun Distance needs to be captured at the moment the time increments to a given tenth.

Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 248,012,432 km [22.1 km/s] Difference is -056277 <= 2447 km/hour at 8.0 on 08/22 (time:8:00)
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 248,068,709 km [22.1 km/s] Difference is -062139 <= 2390 km/hour at 9.0 on 08/21 (time:9:00)
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 248,130,848 km [22.1 km/s] Difference is -051199 <= 2327 km/hour at 7.0 on 08/20 (time:7:00)

Next up: Faint star: TYC 268-397-1 Magnitude 11.70 in path Day 0 about 15 hours ahead
Star TYC 268-466-1 Magnitude 9.06 below path Day 0 about 11 hours ahead - Day 1 about 11 hours behind
Galaxy PGC 33441 Magnitude 15.10 above about 14 hours ahead - Day 1 about 10 hours behind

As a general observation ... In recent days I've become increasingly interested in knowing what the larger view of the sky might be like.
The site: theskylive.com does a terrific job of matching the view from Earth towards Mars, against a background of actual astronomical plates.
I wish there were a way (or rather, I wish I ** knew ** about a way that may exist) to enlarge the view until the entire galaxy is in view.
Update 2021/07/30 I wrote to an astronomer to ask if there might be a web site with a view showing the galaxy in context of a given view.

Note: The curve of the path of Mars as seen against the background of stars is now a line trending noticeably down and East as seen from Earth
In recent days, the curve has been slowly bending down through horizontal. Earth Distance at last update here) was km 390,083,083
Light travel in one second is (about) 300,000 kilometers. The distance covered in one minute is about 18,000,000 kilometers.
Light travel time today is between 21 and 22 minutes. Communications delay would be 42+ minutes round trip. [21:390,000,000] [22:420,000,000]

In his online interview with Dr. Zubrin at the 2020 Mars Conference, Elon Musk reminded the audience that communications with Mars will necessarily include an intermediary station to handle traffic when the Sun is between Mars and Earth. Communications delays in that circumstance will increase due to the extra distance to be covered. Mr. Musk indicated he expects such communication will be handled by laser. Location would be optimum at poles of solar plane.

Mars is executing the "Retrograde" movement as seen from Earth. Earth is passing "under" Mars.
Progress of Mars (as seen from Earth) is transitioning back to Eastward as the retrograde movement continues.
The online solar system display at the link below shows clearly how the Mars retrograde movement will occur in months ahead.
Retrograde movement started 2020/09/08 Sol 520

This web site offers an online model of the solar system: www.solarsystemscope.com It requires Chrome 57, Firefox 52 or Safari 10.1

Sol 191 is in Month 07 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 07 extends from Sol 168 through 195. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 04
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 191 is Tuesday in the Proposed Business calendar for Mars. <<== Skip day occurred July 21 the next skip day is expected August 27 on Earth

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees. <<== The current year on Mars is 36
Per www.planetary.org this occurred February 7, 2021 (on Earth). The new Mars Year is 36.

The next Skip Day will occur in August (27th on Earth. A Skip Day occurs when the longer Mars Sol accumulates 24 Earth hours.
For those who may be following this proposed calendar closely, there exists a "feature" I had not anticipated.
Days of the week fall behind Earth due to the longer Sol, but they gain when Friday is omitted at the end of a Quarter
337 Earth days were observed to elapse in the 2020 weekday cycle. There were 7 week day transitions and 2 Quarter ends.

For current weather on Mars see:

***https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/weather/***
***Insights weather info has been suspended and now is directing to msl***

https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/weather/

Per SpaceNut: Here is another web page by NASA containing the latest news releases

https://mars.nasa.gov/news/?page=0&per_ … ope=Latest

All forum members are invited to post significant events for this day.
Events of interest will be ON Mars, or relate to Mars. Examples are launches, landings, discoveries

Recruiting text may be found at the bottom of this post: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257

Month 7 of 24: - Quarter 2 of 4 [Month 7-12] (This month has 28 days)

tahanson43206 · 2021-08-23 06:45:57

Today on Mars: 0036/07/25 Wednesday <<-- Days of the week are not in alignment with Earth.

Today on Earth: 2021/08/23 Monday (Earth Date) Post Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Per http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/mars/tim … _time.html

Martian Year: 36 Martian Month in 12 month format: 3 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 90 degrees

Solar Longitude: 089.0 Sol Number: 192 Change in degrees is +.5
Previous SL: 088.5 Previous Sol:191

Note that Solar Longitude measurement varies as a function of location in orbit.

Note#2: https://theskylive.com/mars-tracker This web site shows the astronomical position of Mars.
Minus prefix means Mars is approaching the Sun. Perihelion occurred at Ls 253 on Sol 485 - Earth Date 2020/08/03
Plus prefix means Mars is moving away from the Sun. Aphelion occurred on Sol 152 at 71 degrees Ls.
Aphelion occurred near 70 degrees Ls on Sol 153 (per www.planetary.org)

Note#3: The computations below are dependent upon both the computations provided by the reference web site and by accuracy of recording of the time of observations. The calculations use tenths of hours. The Sun Distance needs to be captured at the moment the time increments to a given tenth.

Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 247,952,262 km [22.1 km/s] Difference is -060170 <= 2507 km/hour at 8.0 on 08/23 (time:8:00)
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 248,012,432 km [22.1 km/s] Difference is -056277 <= 2447 km/hour at 8.0 on 08/22 (time:8:00)
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 248,068,709 km [22.1 km/s] Difference is -062139 <= 2390 km/hour at 9.0 on 08/21 (time:9:00)

HIP 54423 Magnitude 8.31 in path Day 0 about 10 hours ahead -
We have a couple mini-Boomers in the view today, along with 9 galaxies
Faint star: TYC 268-397-1 Magnitude 11.70 in path Day 0 about 15 hours ahead- Day 1 about 6 hours behind

As a general observation ... In recent days I've become increasingly interested in knowing what the larger view of the sky might be like.
The site: theskylive.com does a terrific job of matching the view from Earth towards Mars, against a background of actual astronomical plates.
I wish there were a way (or rather, I wish I ** knew ** about a way that may exist) to enlarge the view until the entire galaxy is in view.
Update 2021/07/30 I wrote to an astronomer to ask if there might be a web site with a view showing the galaxy in context of a given view.

Note: The curve of the path of Mars as seen against the background of stars is now a line trending noticeably down and East as seen from Earth
In recent days, the curve has been slowly bending down through horizontal. Earth Distance at last update here) was km 390,083,083
Light travel in one second is (about) 300,000 kilometers. The distance covered in one minute is about 18,000,000 kilometers.
Light travel time today is between 21 and 22 minutes. Communications delay would be 42+ minutes round trip. [21:390,000,000] [22:420,000,000]

In his online interview with Dr. Zubrin at the 2020 Mars Conference, Elon Musk reminded the audience that communications with Mars will necessarily include an intermediary station to handle traffic when the Sun is between Mars and Earth. Communications delays in that circumstance will increase due to the extra distance to be covered. Mr. Musk indicated he expects such communication will be handled by laser. Location would be optimum at poles of solar plane.

Mars is executing the "Retrograde" movement as seen from Earth. Earth is passing "under" Mars.
Progress of Mars (as seen from Earth) is transitioning back to Eastward as the retrograde movement continues.
The online solar system display at the link below shows clearly how the Mars retrograde movement will occur in months ahead.
Retrograde movement started 2020/09/08 Sol 520

This web site offers an online model of the solar system: www.solarsystemscope.com It requires Chrome 57, Firefox 52 or Safari 10.1

Sol 192 is in Month 07 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 07 extends from Sol 168 through 195. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 04
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 192 is Wednesday in the Proposed Business calendar for Mars. <<== Skip day occurred July 21 the next skip day is expected August 27 on Earth

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees. <<== The current year on Mars is 36
Per www.planetary.org this occurred February 7, 2021 (on Earth). The new Mars Year is 36.

The next Skip Day will occur in August (27th on Earth. A Skip Day occurs when the longer Mars Sol accumulates 24 Earth hours.
For those who may be following this proposed calendar closely, there exists a "feature" I had not anticipated.
Days of the week fall behind Earth due to the longer Sol, but they gain when Friday is omitted at the end of a Quarter
337 Earth days were observed to elapse in the 2020 weekday cycle. There were 7 week day transitions and 2 Quarter ends.

For current weather on Mars see:

***https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/weather/***
***Insights weather info has been suspended and now is directing to msl***

https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/weather/

Per SpaceNut: Here is another web page by NASA containing the latest news releases

https://mars.nasa.gov/news/?page=0&per_ … ope=Latest

All forum members are invited to post significant events for this day.
Events of interest will be ON Mars, or relate to Mars. Examples are launches, landings, discoveries

Recruiting text may be found at the bottom of this post: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257

Month 7 of 24: - Quarter 2 of 4 [Month 7-12] (This month has 28 days)

tahanson43206 · 2021-08-24 08:01:24

Today on Mars: 0036/07/26 Thursday <<-- Days of the week are not in alignment with Earth.

Today on Earth: 2021/08/24 Tuesday (Earth Date) Post Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Per http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/mars/tim … _time.html

Martian Year: 36 Martian Month in 12 month format: 3 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 90 degrees

Solar Longitude: 089.4 Sol Number: 193 Change in degrees is +.4
Previous SL: 089.0 Previous Sol:192

Note that Solar Longitude measurement varies as a function of location in orbit.

Note#2: https://theskylive.com/mars-tracker This web site shows the astronomical position of Mars.
Minus prefix means Mars is approaching the Sun. Perihelion occurred at Ls 253 on Sol 485 - Earth Date 2020/08/03
Plus prefix means Mars is moving away from the Sun. Aphelion occurred on Sol 152 at 71 degrees Ls.
Aphelion occurred near 70 degrees Ls on Sol 153 (per www.planetary.org)

Note#3: The computations below are dependent upon both the computations provided by the reference web site and by accuracy of recording of the time of observations. The calculations use tenths of hours. The Sun Distance needs to be captured at the moment the time increments to a given tenth.

Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 247,890,605 km [22.1 km/s] Difference is -061657 <= 2569 km/hour at 8.0 on 08/24 (time:8:00)
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 247,952,262 km [22.1 km/s] Difference is -060170 <= 2507 km/hour at 8.0 on 08/23 (time:8:00)
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 248,012,432 km [22.1 km/s] Difference is -056277 <= 2447 km/hour at 8.0 on 08/22 (time:8:00)

There are lots of stars in the scene, but no cataloged objects are shown in the view beyond 11 hours out.
Another mini-Boomer showed up: HIP 54639 Magnitude 0.00 (lost reading) RA 11h 11m 00.3s Above path Day 0 about 11 hours ahead
HIP 54423 Magnitude 8.31 in path Day 0 about 10 hours ahead - Day 1 about 15 hours behind

As a general observation ... In recent days I've become increasingly interested in knowing what the larger view of the sky might be like.
The site: theskylive.com does a terrific job of matching the view from Earth towards Mars, against a background of actual astronomical plates.
I wish there were a way (or rather, I wish I ** knew ** about a way that may exist) to enlarge the view until the entire galaxy is in view.
Update 2021/07/30 I wrote to an astronomer to ask if there might be a web site with a view showing the galaxy in context of a given view.

Note: The curve of the path of Mars as seen against the background of stars is now a line trending noticeably down and East as seen from Earth
In recent days, the curve has been slowly bending down through horizontal. Earth Distance at last update here) was km 391,213,549
Light travel in one second is (about) 300,000 kilometers. The distance covered in one minute is about 18,000,000 kilometers.
Light travel time today is between 21 and 22 minutes. Communications delay would be 42+ minutes round trip. [21:390,000,000] [22:420,000,000]

In his online interview with Dr. Zubrin at the 2020 Mars Conference, Elon Musk reminded the audience that communications with Mars will necessarily include an intermediary station to handle traffic when the Sun is between Mars and Earth. Communications delays in that circumstance will increase due to the extra distance to be covered. Mr. Musk indicated he expects such communication will be handled by laser. Location would be optimum at poles of solar plane.

Mars is executing the "Retrograde" movement as seen from Earth. Earth is passing "under" Mars.
Progress of Mars (as seen from Earth) is transitioning back to Eastward as the retrograde movement continues.
The online solar system display at the link below shows clearly how the Mars retrograde movement will occur in months ahead.
Retrograde movement started 2020/09/08 Sol 520

This web site offers an online model of the solar system: www.solarsystemscope.com It requires Chrome 57, Firefox 52 or Safari 10.1

Sol 193 is in Month 07 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 07 extends from Sol 168 through 195. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 04
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 193 is Thursday in the Proposed Business calendar for Mars. <<== Skip day occurred July 21 the next skip day is expected August 27 on Earth

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees. <<== The current year on Mars is 36
Per www.planetary.org this occurred February 7, 2021 (on Earth). The new Mars Year is 36.

The next Skip Day will occur in August (27th on Earth. A Skip Day occurs when the longer Mars Sol accumulates 24 Earth hours.
For those who may be following this proposed calendar closely, there exists a "feature" I had not anticipated.
Days of the week fall behind Earth due to the longer Sol, but they gain when Friday is omitted at the end of a Quarter
337 Earth days were observed to elapse in the 2020 weekday cycle. There were 7 week day transitions and 2 Quarter ends.

For current weather on Mars see:

***https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/weather/***
***Insights weather info has been suspended and now is directing to msl***

https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/weather/

Per SpaceNut: Here is another web page by NASA containing the latest news releases

https://mars.nasa.gov/news/?page=0&per_ … ope=Latest

All forum members are invited to post significant events for this day.
Events of interest will be ON Mars, or relate to Mars. Examples are launches, landings, discoveries

Recruiting text may be found at the bottom of this post: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257

Month 7 of 24: - Quarter 2 of 4 [Month 7-12] (This month has 28 days)

tahanson43206 · 2021-08-25 06:27:01

Today on Mars: 0036/07/26 Thursday <<-- Days of the week are not in alignment with Earth.

One day note ... This is a skip day on Mars at Sol 193

Today on Earth: 2021/08/25 Wednesday (Earth Date) Post Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Per http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/mars/tim … _time.html

Martian Year: 36 Martian Month in 12 month format: 3 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 90 degrees

Solar Longitude: 089.9 Sol Number: 193 Change in degrees is +.5 <<== Change to Astronomical Month 4 tomorrow
Previous SL: 089.4 Previous Sol:193

Note that Solar Longitude measurement varies as a function of location in orbit.

Note#2: https://theskylive.com/mars-tracker This web site shows the astronomical position of Mars.
Minus prefix means Mars is approaching the Sun. Perihelion occurred at Ls 253 on Sol 485 - Earth Date 2020/08/03
Plus prefix means Mars is moving away from the Sun. Aphelion occurred on Sol 152 at 71 degrees Ls.
Aphelion occurred near 70 degrees Ls on Sol 153 (per www.planetary.org)

Note#3: The computations below are dependent upon both the computations provided by the reference web site and by accuracy of recording of the time of observations. The calculations use tenths of hours. The Sun Distance needs to be captured at the moment the time increments to a given tenth.

Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 247,827,620 km [22.1 km/s] Difference is -062985 <= 2624 km/hour at 8.0 on 08/25 (time:8:00)
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 247,890,605 km [22.1 km/s] Difference is -061657 <= 2569 km/hour at 8.0 on 08/24 (time:8:00)
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 247,952,262 km [22.1 km/s] Difference is -060170 <= 2507 km/hour at 8.0 on 08/23 (time:8:00)

Next up: Galaxy PGC 1294336 RA 11h 12m 19.4s near TYC 269-422-1 about 5 hours ahead
Next up: Star TYC 269-422-1 Magnitude 10.30 below path Day 0 about 6 hours ahead
There are lots of stars in the scene, but no cataloged objects are shown in the view beyond 11 hours out.
Another mini-Boomer showed up: HIP 54639 Magnitude 0.00 (lost reading) RA 11h 11m 00.3s Above path Day 1 about 11 hours behind

As a general observation ... In recent days I've become increasingly interested in knowing what the larger view of the sky might be like.
The site: theskylive.com does a terrific job of matching the view from Earth towards Mars, against a background of actual astronomical plates.
I wish there were a way (or rather, I wish I ** knew ** about a way that may exist) to enlarge the view until the entire galaxy is in view.
Update 2021/07/30 I wrote to an astronomer to ask if there might be a web site with a view showing the galaxy in context of a given view.

Note: The curve of the path of Mars as seen against the background of stars is now a line trending noticeably down and East as seen from Earth
In recent days, the curve has been slowly bending down through horizontal. Earth Distance at last update here) was km 391,213,549
Light travel in one second is (about) 300,000 kilometers. The distance covered in one minute is about 18,000,000 kilometers.
Light travel time today is between 21 and 22 minutes. Communications delay would be 42+ minutes round trip. [21:390,000,000] [22:420,000,000]

In his online interview with Dr. Zubrin at the 2020 Mars Conference, Elon Musk reminded the audience that communications with Mars will necessarily include an intermediary station to handle traffic when the Sun is between Mars and Earth. Communications delays in that circumstance will increase due to the extra distance to be covered. Mr. Musk indicated he expects such communication will be handled by laser. Location would be optimum at poles of solar plane.

Mars is executing the "Retrograde" movement as seen from Earth. Earth is passing "under" Mars.
Progress of Mars (as seen from Earth) is transitioning back to Eastward as the retrograde movement continues.
The online solar system display at the link below shows clearly how the Mars retrograde movement will occur in months ahead.
Retrograde movement started 2020/09/08 Sol 520

This web site offers an online model of the solar system: www.solarsystemscope.com It requires Chrome 57, Firefox 52 or Safari 10.1

Sol 193 is in Month 07 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 07 extends from Sol 168 through 195. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 04
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 193 is Thursday in the Proposed Business calendar for Mars. <<== Skip day occurred July 21 the next skip day is expected August 27 on Earth

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees. <<== The current year on Mars is 36
Per www.planetary.org this occurred February 7, 2021 (on Earth). The new Mars Year is 36.

The next Skip Day will occur in October (1st on Earth. A Skip Day occurs when the longer Mars Sol accumulates 24 Earth hours.
For those who may be following this proposed calendar closely, there exists a "feature" I had not anticipated.
Days of the week fall behind Earth due to the longer Sol, but they gain when Friday is omitted at the end of a Quarter
337 Earth days were observed to elapse in the 2020 weekday cycle. There were 7 week day transitions and 2 Quarter ends.

For current weather on Mars see:

***https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/weather/***
***Insights weather info has been suspended and now is directing to msl***

https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/weather/

Per SpaceNut: Here is another web page by NASA containing the latest news releases

https://mars.nasa.gov/news/?page=0&per_ … ope=Latest

All forum members are invited to post significant events for this day.
Events of interest will be ON Mars, or relate to Mars. Examples are launches, landings, discoveries

Recruiting text may be found at the bottom of this post: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257

Month 7 of 24: - Quarter 2 of 4 [Month 7-12] (This month has 28 days)

tahanson43206 · 2021-08-26 07:21:22

Today on Mars: 0036/07/27 Friday <<-- Days of the week are not in alignment with Earth.

Today on Earth: 2021/08/26 Thursday (Earth Date) Post Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

One day note: The Astronomical Calendar advanced from 3 to 4 today

Per http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/mars/tim … _time.html

Martian Year: 36 Martian Month in 12 month format: 4 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 120 degrees

Solar Longitude: 090.3 Sol Number: 194 Change in degrees is +.4
Previous SL: 089.9 Previous Sol:193

Note that Solar Longitude measurement varies as a function of location in orbit.

Note#2: https://theskylive.com/mars-tracker This web site shows the astronomical position of Mars.
Minus prefix means Mars is approaching the Sun. Perihelion occurred at Ls 253 on Sol 485 - Earth Date 2020/08/03
Plus prefix means Mars is moving away from the Sun. Aphelion occurred on Sol 152 at 71 degrees Ls.
Aphelion occurred near 70 degrees Ls on Sol 153 (per www.planetary.org)

Note#3: The computations below are dependent upon both the computations provided by the reference web site and by accuracy of recording of the time of observations. The calculations use tenths of hours. The Sun Distance needs to be captured at the moment the time increments to a given tenth.

Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 247,761,799 km [22.1 km/s] Difference is -065821 <= 2687 km/hour at 8.5 on 08/26 (time:8:30)
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 247,827,620 km [22.1 km/s] Difference is -062985 <= 2624 km/hour at 8.0 on 08/25 (time:8:00)
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 247,890,605 km [22.1 km/s] Difference is -061657 <= 2569 km/hour at 8.0 on 08/24 (time:8:00)

Next up: Two galaxies just below the path: PGC 1288166 RA 11h 15m 43.1s and PGC 1287823 RA 11h 15m 45.6s Day 0 about 13 hours ahead
There are eight galaxies in the view today.
We have a trio of bright stars just past Mars in the view today: HIP 54904 HIP 54887 and TYC 269-597-1 Magnitude 8.43
Galaxy PGC 1294336 RA 11h 12m 19.4s near TYC 269-422-1 about 5 hours ahead - Day 1 at the far right of the view
Star TYC 269-422-1 Magnitude 10.30 below path Day 0 about 6 hours ahead - Day 1 at the far right of the view

As a general observation ... In recent days I've become increasingly interested in knowing what the larger view of the sky might be like.
The site: theskylive.com does a terrific job of matching the view from Earth towards Mars, against a background of actual astronomical plates.
I wish there were a way (or rather, I wish I ** knew ** about a way that may exist) to enlarge the view until the entire galaxy is in view.
Update 2021/07/30 I wrote to an astronomer to ask if there might be a web site with a view showing the galaxy in context of a given view.

Note: The curve of the path of Mars as seen against the background of stars is now a line trending noticeably down and East as seen from Earth
In recent days, the curve has been slowly bending down through horizontal. Earth Distance at last update here) was km 391,213,549
Light travel in one second is (about) 300,000 kilometers. The distance covered in one minute is about 18,000,000 kilometers.
Light travel time today is between 21 and 22 minutes. Communications delay would be 42+ minutes round trip. [21:390,000,000] [22:420,000,000]

In his online interview with Dr. Zubrin at the 2020 Mars Conference, Elon Musk reminded the audience that communications with Mars will necessarily include an intermediary station to handle traffic when the Sun is between Mars and Earth. Communications delays in that circumstance will increase due to the extra distance to be covered. Mr. Musk indicated he expects such communication will be handled by laser. Location would be optimum at poles of solar plane.

Mars is executing the "Retrograde" movement as seen from Earth. Earth is passing "under" Mars.
Progress of Mars (as seen from Earth) is transitioning back to Eastward as the retrograde movement continues.
The online solar system display at the link below shows clearly how the Mars retrograde movement will occur in months ahead.
Retrograde movement started 2020/09/08 Sol 520

This web site offers an online model of the solar system: www.solarsystemscope.com It requires Chrome 57, Firefox 52 or Safari 10.1

Sol 194 is in Month 07 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 07 extends from Sol 168 through 195. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 04
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 194 is Friday in the Proposed Business calendar for Mars. <<== Skip day occurred August 25th the next skip day is expected October 1 on Earth

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees. <<== The current year on Mars is 36
Per www.planetary.org this occurred February 7, 2021 (on Earth). The new Mars Year is 36.

The next Skip Day will occur in October (1st on Earth. A Skip Day occurs when the longer Mars Sol accumulates 24 Earth hours.
For those who may be following this proposed calendar closely, there exists a "feature" I had not anticipated.
Days of the week fall behind Earth due to the longer Sol, but they gain when Friday is omitted at the end of a Quarter
337 Earth days were observed to elapse in the 2020 weekday cycle. There were 7 week day transitions and 2 Quarter ends.

For current weather on Mars see:

***https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/weather/***
***Insights weather info has been suspended and now is directing to msl***

https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/weather/

Per SpaceNut: Here is another web page by NASA containing the latest news releases

https://mars.nasa.gov/news/?page=0&per_ … ope=Latest

All forum members are invited to post significant events for this day.
Events of interest will be ON Mars, or relate to Mars. Examples are launches, landings, discoveries

Recruiting text may be found at the bottom of this post: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257

Month 7 of 24: - Quarter 2 of 4 [Month 7-12] (This month has 28 days)

tahanson43206 · 2021-08-27 06:15:26

Today on Mars: 0036/07/28 Saturday <<-- Days of the week are not in alignment with Earth.

Today on Earth: 2021/08/27 Friday (Earth Date) Post Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Per http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/mars/tim … _time.html

Martian Year: 36 Martian Month in 12 month format: 4 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 120 degrees

Solar Longitude: 090.7 Sol Number: 195 Change in degrees is +.4
Previous SL: 090.3 Previous Sol:194

Note that Solar Longitude measurement varies as a function of location in orbit.

Note#2: https://theskylive.com/mars-tracker This web site shows the astronomical position of Mars.
Minus prefix means Mars is approaching the Sun. Perihelion occurred at Ls 253 on Sol 485 - Earth Date 2020/08/03
Plus prefix means Mars is moving away from the Sun. Aphelion occurred on Sol 152 at 71 degrees Ls.
Aphelion occurred near 70 degrees Ls on Sol 153 (per www.planetary.org)

Note#3: The computations below are dependent upon both the computations provided by the reference web site and by accuracy of recording of the time of observations. The calculations use tenths of hours. The Sun Distance needs to be captured at the moment the time increments to a given tenth.

Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 247,700,050 km [22.1 km/s] Difference is -061749 <= 2744 km/hour at 7.0 on 08/27 (time:7:00)
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 247,761,799 km [22.1 km/s] Difference is -065821 <= 2687 km/hour at 8.5 on 08/26 (time:8:30)
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 247,827,620 km [22.1 km/s] Difference is -062985 <= 2624 km/hour at 8.0 on 08/25 (time:8:00)

Next up: Galaxy PGC 1285274 RA 11h 18m 00.7s immediately above path Day 0 - about 12 hours ahead
PGC 1288166 RA 11h 15m 43.1s and PGC 1287823 RA 11h 15m 45.6s Day 0 about 13 hours ahead - Day 1 about 9 hours behind
There are fifteen galaxies in the view today.

As a general observation ... In recent days I've become increasingly interested in knowing what the larger view of the sky might be like.
The site: theskylive.com does a terrific job of matching the view from Earth towards Mars, against a background of actual astronomical plates.
I wish there were a way (or rather, I wish I ** knew ** about a way that may exist) to enlarge the view until the entire galaxy is in view.
Update 2021/07/30 I wrote to an astronomer to ask if there might be a web site with a view showing the galaxy in context of a given view.

Note: The curve of the path of Mars as seen against the background of stars is now a line trending noticeably down and East as seen from Earth
In recent days, the curve has been slowly bending down through horizontal. Earth Distance at last update here) was km 391,213,549
Light travel in one second is (about) 300,000 kilometers. The distance covered in one minute is about 18,000,000 kilometers.
Light travel time today is between 21 and 22 minutes. Communications delay would be 42+ minutes round trip. [21:390,000,000] [22:420,000,000]

In his online interview with Dr. Zubrin at the 2020 Mars Conference, Elon Musk reminded the audience that communications with Mars will necessarily include an intermediary station to handle traffic when the Sun is between Mars and Earth. Communications delays in that circumstance will increase due to the extra distance to be covered. Mr. Musk indicated he expects such communication will be handled by laser. Location would be optimum at poles of solar plane.

Mars is executing the "Retrograde" movement as seen from Earth. Earth is passing "under" Mars.
Progress of Mars (as seen from Earth) is transitioning back to Eastward as the retrograde movement continues.
The online solar system display at the link below shows clearly how the Mars retrograde movement will occur in months ahead.
Retrograde movement started 2020/09/08 Sol 520

This web site offers an online model of the solar system: www.solarsystemscope.com It requires Chrome 57, Firefox 52 or Safari 10.1

Sol 195 is in Month 07 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 07 extends from Sol 168 through 195. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 04
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 195 is Saturday in the Proposed Business calendar for Mars. <<== Skip day occurred August 25th the next skip day is expected October 1 on Earth

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees. <<== The current year on Mars is 36
Per www.planetary.org this occurred February 7, 2021 (on Earth). The new Mars Year is 36.

The next Skip Day will occur in October (1st on Earth. A Skip Day occurs when the longer Mars Sol accumulates 24 Earth hours.
For those who may be following this proposed calendar closely, there exists a "feature" I had not anticipated.
Days of the week fall behind Earth due to the longer Sol, but they gain when Friday is omitted at the end of a Quarter
337 Earth days were observed to elapse in the 2020 weekday cycle. There were 7 week day transitions and 2 Quarter ends.

For current weather on Mars see:

***https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/weather/***
***Insights weather info has been suspended and now is directing to msl***

https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/weather/

Per SpaceNut: Here is another web page by NASA containing the latest news releases

https://mars.nasa.gov/news/?page=0&per_ … ope=Latest

All forum members are invited to post significant events for this day.
Events of interest will be ON Mars, or relate to Mars. Examples are launches, landings, discoveries

Recruiting text may be found at the bottom of this post: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257

Month 7 of 24: - Quarter 2 of 4 [Month 7-12] (This month has 28 days)

tahanson43206 · 2021-08-28 07:53:22

Today on Mars: 0036/08/01 Sunday <<-- Days of the week are not in alignment with Earth.

Today on Earth: 2021/08/28 Saturday (Earth Date) Post Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Per http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/mars/tim … _time.html

Martian Year: 36 Martian Month in 12 month format: 4 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 120 degrees

Solar Longitude: 091.2 Sol Number: 196 Change in degrees is +.5
Previous SL: 090.7 Previous Sol:195

Note that Solar Longitude measurement varies as a function of location in orbit.

Note#2: https://theskylive.com/mars-tracker This web site shows the astronomical position of Mars.
Minus prefix means Mars is approaching the Sun. Perihelion occurred at Ls 253 on Sol 485 - Earth Date 2020/08/03
Plus prefix means Mars is moving away from the Sun. Aphelion occurred on Sol 152 at 71 degrees Ls.
Aphelion occurred near 70 degrees Ls on Sol 153 (per www.planetary.org)

Note#3: The computations below are dependent upon both the computations provided by the reference web site and by accuracy of recording of the time of observations. The calculations use tenths of hours. The Sun Distance needs to be captured at the moment the time increments to a given tenth.

Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 247,627,148 km [22.1 km/s] Difference is -072902 <= 2804 km/hour at 9.0 on 08/28 (time:9:00)
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 247,700,050 km [22.1 km/s] Difference is -061749 <= 2744 km/hour at 7.0 on 08/27 (time:7:00)
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 247,761,799 km [22.1 km/s] Difference is -065821 <= 2687 km/hour at 8.5 on 08/26 (time:8:30)

Next up: Not much! Galaxy PGC 1279832 RA 11h 20m 05.1s below path Day 0 about 10 hours ahead
Galaxy PGC 1285274 RA 11h 18m 00.7s immediately above path Day 0 - about 12 hours ahead - about 12 hours behind on Day 1
There are thirteen galaxies in the view today.

As a general observation ... In recent days I've become increasingly interested in knowing what the larger view of the sky might be like.
The site: theskylive.com does a terrific job of matching the view from Earth towards Mars, against a background of actual astronomical plates.
I wish there were a way (or rather, I wish I ** knew ** about a way that may exist) to enlarge the view until the entire galaxy is in view.
Update 2021/07/30 I wrote to an astronomer to ask if there might be a web site with a view showing the galaxy in context of a given view.

Note: The curve of the path of Mars as seen against the background of stars is now a line trending noticeably down and East as seen from Earth
In recent days, the curve has been slowly bending down through horizontal. Earth Distance at last update here) was km 391,213,549
Light travel in one second is (about) 300,000 kilometers. The distance covered in one minute is about 18,000,000 kilometers.
Light travel time today is between 21 and 22 minutes. Communications delay would be 42+ minutes round trip. [21:390,000,000] [22:420,000,000]

In his online interview with Dr. Zubrin at the 2020 Mars Conference, Elon Musk reminded the audience that communications with Mars will necessarily include an intermediary station to handle traffic when the Sun is between Mars and Earth. Communications delays in that circumstance will increase due to the extra distance to be covered. Mr. Musk indicated he expects such communication will be handled by laser. Location would be optimum at poles of solar plane.

Mars is executing the "Retrograde" movement as seen from Earth. Earth is passing "under" Mars.
Progress of Mars (as seen from Earth) is transitioning back to Eastward as the retrograde movement continues.
The online solar system display at the link below shows clearly how the Mars retrograde movement will occur in months ahead.
Retrograde movement started 2020/09/08 Sol 520

This web site offers an online model of the solar system: www.solarsystemscope.com It requires Chrome 57, Firefox 52 or Safari 10.1

Sol 196 is in Month 08 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 08 extends from Sol 196 through 223. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 08
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 196 is Sunday in the Proposed Business calendar for Mars. <<== Skip day occurred August 25th the next skip day is expected October 1 on Earth

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees. <<== The current year on Mars is 36
Per www.planetary.org this occurred February 7, 2021 (on Earth). The new Mars Year is 36.

The next Skip Day will occur in October (1st on Earth. A Skip Day occurs when the longer Mars Sol accumulates 24 Earth hours.
For those who may be following this proposed calendar closely, there exists a "feature" I had not anticipated.
Days of the week fall behind Earth due to the longer Sol, but they gain when Friday is omitted at the end of a Quarter
337 Earth days were observed to elapse in the 2020 weekday cycle. There were 7 week day transitions and 2 Quarter ends.

For current weather on Mars see:

***https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/weather/***
***Insights weather info has been suspended and now is directing to msl***

https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/weather/

Per SpaceNut: Here is another web page by NASA containing the latest news releases

https://mars.nasa.gov/news/?page=0&per_ … ope=Latest

All forum members are invited to post significant events for this day.
Events of interest will be ON Mars, or relate to Mars. Examples are launches, landings, discoveries

Recruiting text may be found at the bottom of this post: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257

Month 8 of 24: - Quarter 2 of 4 [Months 7-12] (This month has 28 days)

tahanson43206 · 2021-08-29 06:22:54

Today on Mars: 0036/08/02 Monday <<-- Days of the week are not in alignment with Earth.

Today on Earth: 2021/08/29 Sunday (Earth Date) Post Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Per http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/mars/tim … _time.html

Martian Year: 36 Martian Month in 12 month format: 4 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 120 degrees

Solar Longitude: 091.6 Sol Number: 197 Change in degrees is +.4
Previous SL: 091.2 Previous Sol:196

Note that Solar Longitude measurement varies as a function of location in orbit.

Note#2: https://theskylive.com/mars-tracker This web site shows the astronomical position of Mars.
Minus prefix means Mars is approaching the Sun. Perihelion occurred at Ls 253 on Sol 485 - Earth Date 2020/08/03
Plus prefix means Mars is moving away from the Sun. Aphelion occurred on Sol 152 at 71 degrees Ls.
Aphelion occurred near 70 degrees Ls on Sol 153 (per www.planetary.org)

Note#3: The computations below are dependent upon both the computations provided by the reference web site and by accuracy of recording of the time of observations. The calculations use tenths of hours. The Sun Distance needs to be captured at the moment the time increments to a given tenth.

Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 247,561,254 km [22.1 km/s] Difference is -065894 <= 2865 km/hour at 8.0 on 08/29 (time:8:00)
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 247,627,148 km [22.1 km/s] Difference is -072902 <= 2804 km/hour at 9.0 on 08/28 (time:9:00)
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 247,700,050 km [22.1 km/s] Difference is -061749 <= 2744 km/hour at 7.0 on 08/27 (time:7:00)

Next up: TYC 270-1107-1 Magnitude 11.15 below path - Day 0 about 11 hours ahead
There's one Mini-boomer in the view, far to the right: HIP 55321 - there are 13 galaxies that I counted - 14 at second count
Galaxy PGC 1279832 RA 11h 20m 05.1s below path Day 0 about 10 hours ahead - about 12 hours behind on Day 1

As a general observation ... In recent days I've become increasingly interested in knowing what the larger view of the sky might be like.
The site: theskylive.com does a terrific job of matching the view from Earth towards Mars, against a background of actual astronomical plates.
I wish there were a way (or rather, I wish I ** knew ** about a way that may exist) to enlarge the view until the entire galaxy is in view.
Update 2021/07/30 I wrote to an astronomer to ask if there might be a web site with a view showing the galaxy in context of a given view.

Note: The curve of the path of Mars as seen against the background of stars is now a line trending noticeably down and East as seen from Earth
In recent days, the curve has been slowly bending down through horizontal. Earth Distance at last update here) was km 392,364,430
Light travel in one second is (about) 300,000 kilometers. The distance covered in one minute is about 18,000,000 kilometers.
Light travel time today is between 21 and 22 minutes. Communications delay would be 42+ minutes round trip. [21:390,000,000] [22:420,000,000]

In his online interview with Dr. Zubrin at the 2020 Mars Conference, Elon Musk reminded the audience that communications with Mars will necessarily include an intermediary station to handle traffic when the Sun is between Mars and Earth. Communications delays in that circumstance will increase due to the extra distance to be covered. Mr. Musk indicated he expects such communication will be handled by laser. Location would be optimum at poles of solar plane.

Mars is executing the "Retrograde" movement as seen from Earth. Earth is passing "under" Mars.
Progress of Mars (as seen from Earth) is transitioning back to Eastward as the retrograde movement continues.
The online solar system display at the link below shows clearly how the Mars retrograde movement will occur in months ahead.
Retrograde movement started 2020/09/08 Sol 520

This web site offers an online model of the solar system: www.solarsystemscope.com It requires Chrome 57, Firefox 52 or Safari 10.1

Sol 197 is in Month 08 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 08 extends from Sol 196 through 223. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 08
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 197 is Monday in the Proposed Business calendar for Mars. <<== Skip day occurred August 25th the next skip day is expected October 1 on Earth

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees. <<== The current year on Mars is 36
Per www.planetary.org this occurred February 7, 2021 (on Earth). The new Mars Year is 36.

The next Skip Day will occur in October (1st on Earth. A Skip Day occurs when the longer Mars Sol accumulates 24 Earth hours.
For those who may be following this proposed calendar closely, there exists a "feature" I had not anticipated.
Days of the week fall behind Earth due to the longer Sol, but they gain when Friday is omitted at the end of a Quarter
337 Earth days were observed to elapse in the 2020 weekday cycle. There were 7 week day transitions and 2 Quarter ends.

For current weather on Mars see:

***https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/weather/***
***Insights weather info has been suspended and now is directing to msl***

https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/weather/

Per SpaceNut: Here is another web page by NASA containing the latest news releases

https://mars.nasa.gov/news/?page=0&per_ … ope=Latest

All forum members are invited to post significant events for this day.
Events of interest will be ON Mars, or relate to Mars. Examples are launches, landings, discoveries

Recruiting text may be found at the bottom of this post: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257

Month 8 of 24: - Quarter 2 of 4 [Months 7-12] (This month has 28 days)

tahanson43206 · 2021-08-30 06:26:40

Today on Mars: 0036/08/03 Tuesday <<-- Days of the week are not in alignment with Earth.

Today on Earth: 2021/08/30 Monday (Earth Date) Post Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Per http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/mars/tim … _time.html

Martian Year: 36 Martian Month in 12 month format: 4 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 120 degrees

Solar Longitude: 092.1 Sol Number: 198 Change in degrees is +.5
Previous SL: 091.6 Previous Sol:197

Note that Solar Longitude measurement varies as a function of location in orbit.

Note#2: https://theskylive.com/mars-tracker This web site shows the astronomical position of Mars.
Minus prefix means Mars is approaching the Sun. Perihelion occurred at Ls 253 on Sol 485 - Earth Date 2020/08/03
Plus prefix means Mars is moving away from the Sun. Aphelion occurred on Sol 152 at 71 degrees Ls.
Aphelion occurred near 70 degrees Ls on Sol 153 (per www.planetary.org)

Note#3: The computations below are dependent upon both the computations provided by the reference web site and by accuracy of recording of the time of observations. The calculations use tenths of hours. The Sun Distance needs to be captured at the moment the time increments to a given tenth.

Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 247,491,158 km [22.1 km/s] Difference is -070096 <= 2932 km/hour at 8.0 on 08/30 (time:8:00)
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 247,561,254 km [22.1 km/s] Difference is -065894 <= 2865 km/hour at 8.0 on 08/29 (time:8:00)
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 247,627,148 km [22.1 km/s] Difference is -072902 <= 2804 km/hour at 9.0 on 08/28 (time:9:00)

Next up: Galaxy PGC 35108 RA 11h 25m 22.6s above path - Day 0 about 13 hours ahead
There are eight galaxies in the view today, and one mini-Boomer: HIP 55575 Magnitude 9.50
TYC 270-1107-1 Magnitude 11.15 below path - Day 0 about 11 hours ahead - Day 1 about 13 hours behind

As a general observation ... In recent days I've become increasingly interested in knowing what the larger view of the sky might be like.
The site: theskylive.com does a terrific job of matching the view from Earth towards Mars, against a background of actual astronomical plates.
I wish there were a way (or rather, I wish I ** knew ** about a way that may exist) to enlarge the view until the entire galaxy is in view.
Update 2021/07/30 I wrote to an astronomer to ask if there might be a web site with a view showing the galaxy in context of a given view.

Note: The curve of the path of Mars as seen against the background of stars is now a line trending noticeably down and East as seen from Earth
In recent days, the curve has been slowly bending down through horizontal. Earth Distance at last update here) was km 392,364,430
Light travel in one second is (about) 300,000 kilometers. The distance covered in one minute is about 18,000,000 kilometers.
Light travel time today is between 21 and 22 minutes. Communications delay would be 42+ minutes round trip. [21:390,000,000] [22:420,000,000]

In his online interview with Dr. Zubrin at the 2020 Mars Conference, Elon Musk reminded the audience that communications with Mars will necessarily include an intermediary station to handle traffic when the Sun is between Mars and Earth. Communications delays in that circumstance will increase due to the extra distance to be covered. Mr. Musk indicated he expects such communication will be handled by laser. Location would be optimum at poles of solar plane.

Mars is executing the "Retrograde" movement as seen from Earth. Earth is passing "under" Mars.
Progress of Mars (as seen from Earth) is transitioning back to Eastward as the retrograde movement continues.
The online solar system display at the link below shows clearly how the Mars retrograde movement will occur in months ahead.
Retrograde movement started 2020/09/08 Sol 520

This web site offers an online model of the solar system: www.solarsystemscope.com It requires Chrome 57, Firefox 52 or Safari 10.1

Sol 198 is in Month 08 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 08 extends from Sol 196 through 223. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 08
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 198 is Tuesday in the Proposed Business calendar for Mars. <<== Skip day occurred August 25th the next skip day is expected October 1 on Earth

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees. <<== The current year on Mars is 36
Per www.planetary.org this occurred February 7, 2021 (on Earth). The new Mars Year is 36.

The next Skip Day will occur in October (1st on Earth. A Skip Day occurs when the longer Mars Sol accumulates 24 Earth hours.
For those who may be following this proposed calendar closely, there exists a "feature" I had not anticipated.
Days of the week fall behind Earth due to the longer Sol, but they gain when Friday is omitted at the end of a Quarter
337 Earth days were observed to elapse in the 2020 weekday cycle. There were 7 week day transitions and 2 Quarter ends.

For current weather on Mars see:

***https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/weather/***
***Insights weather info has been suspended and now is directing to msl***

https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/weather/

Per SpaceNut: Here is another web page by NASA containing the latest news releases

https://mars.nasa.gov/news/?page=0&per_ … ope=Latest

All forum members are invited to post significant events for this day.
Events of interest will be ON Mars, or relate to Mars. Examples are launches, landings, discoveries

Recruiting text may be found at the bottom of this post: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257

Month 8 of 24: - Quarter 2 of 4 [Months 7-12] (This month has 28 days)

tahanson43206 · 2021-08-31 07:16:24

Today on Mars: 0036/08/04 Wednesday <<-- Days of the week are not in alignment with Earth.

Today on Earth: 2021/08/31 Tuesday (Earth Date) Post Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Per http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/mars/tim … _time.html

Martian Year: 36 Martian Month in 12 month format: 4 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 120 degrees

Solar Longitude: 092.5 Sol Number: 199 Change in degrees is +.4
Previous SL: 092.1 Previous Sol:198

Note that Solar Longitude measurement varies as a function of location in orbit.

Note#2: https://theskylive.com/mars-tracker This web site shows the astronomical position of Mars.
Minus prefix means Mars is approaching the Sun. Perihelion occurred at Ls 253 on Sol 485 - Earth Date 2020/08/03
Plus prefix means Mars is moving away from the Sun. Aphelion occurred on Sol 152 at 71 degrees Ls.
Aphelion occurred near 70 degrees Ls on Sol 153 (per www.planetary.org)

Note#3: The computations below are dependent upon both the computations provided by the reference web site and by accuracy of recording of the time of observations. The calculations use tenths of hours. The Sun Distance needs to be captured at the moment the time increments to a given tenth.

Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 247,418,109 km [22.1 km/s] Difference is -073049 <= 2982 km/hour at 8.5 on 08/31 (time:8:30)
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 247,491,158 km [22.1 km/s] Difference is -070096 <= 2932 km/hour at 8.0 on 08/30 (time:8:00)
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 247,561,254 km [22.1 km/s] Difference is -065894 <= 2865 km/hour at 8.0 on 08/29 (time:8:00)

Next up: Star TY 267-432-1 Magnitude 10.48 just below path Day 0 about 9 hours ahead
Note the background is washed out gray instead of the usual bright black. There is a heart shaped black blob in the view just under Mars.
Galaxy PGC 35108 RA 11h 25m 22.6s above path - Day 0 about 13 hours ahead - Day 1 about 12 hours behind

As a general observation ... In recent days I've become increasingly interested in knowing what the larger view of the sky might be like.
The site: theskylive.com does a terrific job of matching the view from Earth towards Mars, against a background of actual astronomical plates.
I wish there were a way (or rather, I wish I ** knew ** about a way that may exist) to enlarge the view until the entire galaxy is in view.
Update 2021/07/30 I wrote to an astronomer to ask if there might be a web site with a view showing the galaxy in context of a given view.

Note: The curve of the path of Mars as seen against the background of stars is now a line trending noticeably down and East as seen from Earth
In recent days, the curve has been slowly bending down through horizontal. Earth Distance at last update here) was km 392,364,430
Light travel in one second is (about) 300,000 kilometers. The distance covered in one minute is about 18,000,000 kilometers.
Light travel time today is between 21 and 22 minutes. Communications delay would be 42+ minutes round trip. [21:390,000,000] [22:420,000,000]

In his online interview with Dr. Zubrin at the 2020 Mars Conference, Elon Musk reminded the audience that communications with Mars will necessarily include an intermediary station to handle traffic when the Sun is between Mars and Earth. Communications delays in that circumstance will increase due to the extra distance to be covered. Mr. Musk indicated he expects such communication will be handled by laser. Location would be optimum at poles of solar plane.

Mars is executing the "Retrograde" movement as seen from Earth. Earth is passing "under" Mars.
Progress of Mars (as seen from Earth) is transitioning back to Eastward as the retrograde movement continues.
The online solar system display at the link below shows clearly how the Mars retrograde movement will occur in months ahead.
Retrograde movement started 2020/09/08 Sol 520

This web site offers an online model of the solar system: www.solarsystemscope.com It requires Chrome 57, Firefox 52 or Safari 10.1

Sol 199 is in Month 08 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 08 extends from Sol 196 through 223. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 08
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 199 is Wednesday in the Proposed Business calendar for Mars. <<== Skip day occurred August 25th the next skip day is expected October 1 on Earth

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees. <<== The current year on Mars is 36
Per www.planetary.org this occurred February 7, 2021 (on Earth). The new Mars Year is 36.

The next Skip Day will occur in October (1st on Earth. A Skip Day occurs when the longer Mars Sol accumulates 24 Earth hours.
For those who may be following this proposed calendar closely, there exists a "feature" I had not anticipated.
Days of the week fall behind Earth due to the longer Sol, but they gain when Friday is omitted at the end of a Quarter
337 Earth days were observed to elapse in the 2020 weekday cycle. There were 7 week day transitions and 2 Quarter ends.

For current weather on Mars see:

***https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/weather/***
***Insights weather info has been suspended and now is directing to msl***

https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/weather/

Per SpaceNut: Here is another web page by NASA containing the latest news releases

https://mars.nasa.gov/news/?page=0&per_ … ope=Latest

All forum members are invited to post significant events for this day.
Events of interest will be ON Mars, or relate to Mars. Examples are launches, landings, discoveries

Recruiting text may be found at the bottom of this post: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257

Month 8 of 24: - Quarter 2 of 4 [Months 7-12] (This month has 28 days)

tahanson43206 · 2021-09-01 06:04:21

Today on Mars: 0036/08/05 Thursday <<-- Days of the week are not in alignment with Earth.

Today on Earth: 2021/09/01 Wednesday (Earth Date) Post Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Per http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/mars/tim … _time.html

Martian Year: 36 Martian Month in 12 month format: 4 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 120 degrees

Solar Longitude: 093.0 Sol Number: 200 Change in degrees is +.5
Previous SL: 092.5 Previous Sol:199

Note that Solar Longitude measurement varies as a function of location in orbit.

Note#2: https://theskylive.com/mars-tracker This web site shows the astronomical position of Mars.
Minus prefix means Mars is approaching the Sun. Perihelion occurred at Ls 253 on Sol 485 - Earth Date 2020/08/03
Plus prefix means Mars is moving away from the Sun. Aphelion occurred on Sol 152 at 71 degrees Ls.
Aphelion occurred near 70 degrees Ls on Sol 153 (per www.planetary.org)

Note#3: The computations below are dependent upon both the computations provided by the reference web site and by accuracy of recording of the time of observations. The calculations use tenths of hours. The Sun Distance needs to be captured at the moment the time increments to a given tenth.

Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 247,349,774 km [22.1 km/s] Difference is -068335 <= 3037 km/hour at 7.0 on 09/01 (time:7:00)
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 247,418,109 km [22.1 km/s] Difference is -073049 <= 2982 km/hour at 8.5 on 08/31 (time:8:30)
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 247,491,158 km [22.1 km/s] Difference is -070096 <= 2932 km/hour at 8.0 on 08/30 (time:8:00)

Next up: An asterism of stars in a line TYC 267-720-1 Magnitude 12.12 Day 0 about 10 hours ahead
Star TY 267-432-1 Magnitude 10.48 just below path Day 0 about 9 hours ahead - Day 1 about 12 hours past
Note the background is washed out gray instead of the usual bright black. There is a heart shaped black blob in the view at the far right.

As a general observation ... In recent days I've become increasingly interested in knowing what the larger view of the sky might be like.
The site: theskylive.com does a terrific job of matching the view from Earth towards Mars, against a background of actual astronomical plates.
I wish there were a way (or rather, I wish I ** knew ** about a way that may exist) to enlarge the view until the entire galaxy is in view.
Update 2021/07/30 I wrote to an astronomer to ask if there might be a web site with a view showing the galaxy in context of a given view.

Note: The curve of the path of Mars as seen against the background of stars is now a line trending noticeably down and East as seen from Earth
In recent days, the curve has been slowly bending down through horizontal. Earth Distance at last update here) was km 392,364,430
Light travel in one second is (about) 300,000 kilometers. The distance covered in one minute is about 18,000,000 kilometers.
Light travel time today is between 21 and 22 minutes. Communications delay would be 42+ minutes round trip. [21:390,000,000] [22:420,000,000]

In his online interview with Dr. Zubrin at the 2020 Mars Conference, Elon Musk reminded the audience that communications with Mars will necessarily include an intermediary station to handle traffic when the Sun is between Mars and Earth. Communications delays in that circumstance will increase due to the extra distance to be covered. Mr. Musk indicated he expects such communication will be handled by laser. Location would be optimum at poles of solar plane.

Mars is executing the "Retrograde" movement as seen from Earth. Earth is passing "under" Mars.
Progress of Mars (as seen from Earth) is transitioning back to Eastward as the retrograde movement continues.
The online solar system display at the link below shows clearly how the Mars retrograde movement will occur in months ahead.
Retrograde movement started 2020/09/08 Sol 520

This web site offers an online model of the solar system: www.solarsystemscope.com It requires Chrome 57, Firefox 52 or Safari 10.1

Sol 200 is in Month 08 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 08 extends from Sol 196 through 223. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 08
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 200 is Thursday in the Proposed Business calendar for Mars. <<== Skip day occurred August 25th the next skip day is expected October 1 on Earth

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees. <<== The current year on Mars is 36
Per www.planetary.org this occurred February 7, 2021 (on Earth). The new Mars Year is 36.

The next Skip Day will occur in October (1st on Earth. A Skip Day occurs when the longer Mars Sol accumulates 24 Earth hours.
For those who may be following this proposed calendar closely, there exists a "feature" I had not anticipated.
Days of the week fall behind Earth due to the longer Sol, but they gain when Friday is omitted at the end of a Quarter
337 Earth days were observed to elapse in the 2020 weekday cycle. There were 7 week day transitions and 2 Quarter ends.

For current weather on Mars see:

***https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/weather/***
***Insights weather info has been suspended and now is directing to msl***

https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/weather/

Per SpaceNut: Here is another web page by NASA containing the latest news releases

https://mars.nasa.gov/news/?page=0&per_ … ope=Latest

All forum members are invited to post significant events for this day.
Events of interest will be ON Mars, or relate to Mars. Examples are launches, landings, discoveries

Recruiting text may be found at the bottom of this post: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257

Month 8 of 24: - Quarter 2 of 4 [Months 7-12] (This month has 28 days)

tahanson43206 · 2021-09-02 06:13:29

Today on Mars: 0036/08/06 Friday <<-- Days of the week are not in alignment with Earth.

Today on Earth: 2021/09/02 Thursday (Earth Date) Post Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Per http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/mars/tim … _time.html

Martian Year: 36 Martian Month in 12 month format: 4 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 120 degrees

Solar Longitude: 093.4 Sol Number: 201 Change in degrees is +.4
Previous SL: 093.0 Previous Sol:200

Note that Solar Longitude measurement varies as a function of location in orbit.

Note#2: https://theskylive.com/mars-tracker This web site shows the astronomical position of Mars.
Minus prefix means Mars is approaching the Sun. Perihelion occurred at Ls 253 on Sol 485 - Earth Date 2020/08/03
Plus prefix means Mars is moving away from the Sun. Aphelion occurred on Sol 152 at 71 degrees Ls.
Aphelion occurred near 70 degrees Ls on Sol 153 (per www.planetary.org)

Note#3: The computations below are dependent upon both the computations provided by the reference web site and by accuracy of recording of the time of observations. The calculations use tenths of hours. The Sun Distance needs to be captured at the moment the time increments to a given tenth.

Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 247,273,925 km [22.1 km/s] Difference is -075849 <= 3096 km/hour at 7.5 on 09/02 (time:7:30)
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 247,349,774 km [22.1 km/s] Difference is -068335 <= 3037 km/hour at 7.0 on 09/01 (time:7:00)
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 247,418,109 km [22.1 km/s] Difference is -073049 <= 2982 km/hour at 8.5 on 08/31 (time:8:30)

Next up: Galaxy just below path PGC 1261351 RA 11h 31m 53.8s Day 0 about 12 hours ahead
An asterism of stars in a line TYC 267-720-1 Magnitude 12.12 Day 0 about 10 hours ahead - Day 1 about 13 hours behind

As a general observation ... In recent days I've become increasingly interested in knowing what the larger view of the sky might be like.
The site: theskylive.com does a terrific job of matching the view from Earth towards Mars, against a background of actual astronomical plates.
I wish there were a way (or rather, I wish I ** knew ** about a way that may exist) to enlarge the view until the entire galaxy is in view.
Update 2021/07/30 I wrote to an astronomer to ask if there might be a web site with a view showing the galaxy in context of a given view.

Note: The curve of the path of Mars as seen against the background of stars is now a line trending noticeably down and East as seen from Earth
In recent days, the curve has been slowly bending down through horizontal. Earth Distance at last update here) was km 392,364,430
Light travel in one second is (about) 300,000 kilometers. The distance covered in one minute is about 18,000,000 kilometers.
Light travel time today is between 21 and 22 minutes. Communications delay would be 42+ minutes round trip. [21:390,000,000] [22:420,000,000]

In his online interview with Dr. Zubrin at the 2020 Mars Conference, Elon Musk reminded the audience that communications with Mars will necessarily include an intermediary station to handle traffic when the Sun is between Mars and Earth. Communications delays in that circumstance will increase due to the extra distance to be covered. Mr. Musk indicated he expects such communication will be handled by laser. Location would be optimum at poles of solar plane.

Mars is executing the "Retrograde" movement as seen from Earth. Earth is passing "under" Mars.
Progress of Mars (as seen from Earth) is transitioning back to Eastward as the retrograde movement continues.
The online solar system display at the link below shows clearly how the Mars retrograde movement will occur in months ahead.
Retrograde movement started 2020/09/08 Sol 520

This web site offers an online model of the solar system: www.solarsystemscope.com It requires Chrome 57, Firefox 52 or Safari 10.1

Sol 201 is in Month 08 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 08 extends from Sol 196 through 223. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 08
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 201 is Friday in the Proposed Business calendar for Mars. <<== Skip day occurred August 25th the next skip day is expected October 1 on Earth

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees. <<== The current year on Mars is 36
Per www.planetary.org this occurred February 7, 2021 (on Earth). The new Mars Year is 36.

The next Skip Day will occur in October (1st on Earth. A Skip Day occurs when the longer Mars Sol accumulates 24 Earth hours.
For those who may be following this proposed calendar closely, there exists a "feature" I had not anticipated.
Days of the week fall behind Earth due to the longer Sol, but they gain when Friday is omitted at the end of a Quarter
337 Earth days were observed to elapse in the 2020 weekday cycle. There were 7 week day transitions and 2 Quarter ends.

For current weather on Mars see:

***https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/weather/***
***Insights weather info has been suspended and now is directing to msl***

https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/weather/

Per SpaceNut: Here is another web page by NASA containing the latest news releases

https://mars.nasa.gov/news/?page=0&per_ … ope=Latest

All forum members are invited to post significant events for this day.
Events of interest will be ON Mars, or relate to Mars. Examples are launches, landings, discoveries

Recruiting text may be found at the bottom of this post: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257

Month 8 of 24: - Quarter 2 of 4 [Months 7-12] (This month has 28 days)

tahanson43206 · 2021-09-03 05:18:00

Today on Mars: 0036/08/07 Saturday <<-- Days of the week are not in alignment with Earth.

Today on Earth: 2021/09/03 Friday (Earth Date) Post Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Per http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/mars/tim … _time.html

Martian Year: 36 Martian Month in 12 month format: 4 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 120 degrees

Solar Longitude: 093.8 Sol Number: 202 Change in degrees is +.4
Previous SL: 093.4 Previous Sol:201

Note that Solar Longitude measurement varies as a function of location in orbit.

Note#2: https://theskylive.com/mars-tracker This web site shows the astronomical position of Mars.
Minus prefix means Mars is approaching the Sun. Perihelion occurred at Ls 253 on Sol 485 - Earth Date 2020/08/03
Plus prefix means Mars is moving away from the Sun. Aphelion occurred on Sol 152 at 71 degrees Ls.
Aphelion occurred near 70 degrees Ls on Sol 153 (per www.planetary.org)

Note#3: The computations below are dependent upon both the computations provided by the reference web site and by accuracy of recording of the time of observations. The calculations use tenths of hours. The Sun Distance needs to be captured at the moment the time increments to a given tenth.

Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 247,201,423 km [22.1 km/s] Difference is -072502 <= 3152 km/hour at 6.5 on 09/03 (time:6:30)
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 247,273,925 km [22.1 km/s] Difference is -075849 <= 3096 km/hour at 7.5 on 09/02 (time:7:30)
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 247,349,774 km [22.1 km/s] Difference is -068335 <= 3037 km/hour at 7.0 on 09/01 (time:7:00)

Next up: Star TYC 274-1039-1 Magnitude 11.51 below path - Day 0 about 15 hours ahead
Galaxy just below path PGC 1261351 RA 11h 31m 53.8s Day 0 about 12 hours ahead - Day 1 a out 11 hours behind

As a general observation ... In recent days I've become increasingly interested in knowing what the larger view of the sky might be like.
The site: theskylive.com does a terrific job of matching the view from Earth towards Mars, against a background of actual astronomical plates.
I wish there were a way (or rather, I wish I ** knew ** about a way that may exist) to enlarge the view until the entire galaxy is in view.
Update 2021/07/30 I wrote to an astronomer to ask if there might be a web site with a view showing the galaxy in context of a given view.

Note: The curve of the path of Mars as seen against the background of stars is now a line trending noticeably down and East as seen from Earth
In recent days, the curve has been slowly bending down through horizontal. Earth Distance at last update here) was km 392,364,430
Light travel in one second is (about) 300,000 kilometers. The distance covered in one minute is about 18,000,000 kilometers.
Light travel time today is between 21 and 22 minutes. Communications delay would be 42+ minutes round trip. [21:390,000,000] [22:420,000,000]

In his online interview with Dr. Zubrin at the 2020 Mars Conference, Elon Musk reminded the audience that communications with Mars will necessarily include an intermediary station to handle traffic when the Sun is between Mars and Earth. Communications delays in that circumstance will increase due to the extra distance to be covered. Mr. Musk indicated he expects such communication will be handled by laser. Location would be optimum at poles of solar plane.

Mars is executing the "Retrograde" movement as seen from Earth. Earth is passing "under" Mars.
Progress of Mars (as seen from Earth) is transitioning back to Eastward as the retrograde movement continues.
The online solar system display at the link below shows clearly how the Mars retrograde movement will occur in months ahead.
Retrograde movement started 2020/09/08 Sol 520

This web site offers an online model of the solar system: www.solarsystemscope.com It requires Chrome 57, Firefox 52 or Safari 10.1

Sol 202 is in Month 08 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 08 extends from Sol 196 through 223. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 08
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 202 is Saturday in the Proposed Business calendar for Mars. <<== Skip day occurred August 25th the next skip day is expected October 1 on Earth

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees. <<== The current year on Mars is 36
Per www.planetary.org this occurred February 7, 2021 (on Earth). The new Mars Year is 36.

The next Skip Day will occur in October (1st on Earth. A Skip Day occurs when the longer Mars Sol accumulates 24 Earth hours.
For those who may be following this proposed calendar closely, there exists a "feature" I had not anticipated.
Days of the week fall behind Earth due to the longer Sol, but they gain when Friday is omitted at the end of a Quarter
337 Earth days were observed to elapse in the 2020 weekday cycle. There were 7 week day transitions and 2 Quarter ends.

For current weather on Mars see:

***https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/weather/***
***Insights weather info has been suspended and now is directing to msl***

https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/weather/

Per SpaceNut: Here is another web page by NASA containing the latest news releases

https://mars.nasa.gov/news/?page=0&per_ … ope=Latest

All forum members are invited to post significant events for this day.
Events of interest will be ON Mars, or relate to Mars. Examples are launches, landings, discoveries

Recruiting text may be found at the bottom of this post: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257

Month 8 of 24: - Quarter 2 of 4 [Months 7-12] (This month has 28 days)

tahanson43206 · 2021-09-03 11:09:39

This is a special post to acknowledge the kind words of Mars_B4_Moon in another topic!

A very interesting calender thread with constant updates
http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=2760&p=46
'a martian calender...'
Last edited by Mars_B4_Moon (Today 08:21:19)

Most NewMars members may not realize that a key feature of the Business Calendar that makes it such a pleasure to work with was contributed by RobertDyck.

The days of the week always fall on the same name days.

The year automatically self-adjusts to the current nanosecond at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day.

All months are 28 Sols except for four at the end of each quarter. Those are 27 days with Friday skipped.

(th)

tahanson43206 · 2021-09-04 07:04:44

Today on Mars: 0036/08/08 Sunday <<-- Days of the week are not in alignment with Earth.

Today on Earth: 2021/09/04 Saturday (Earth Date) Post Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Per http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/mars/tim … _time.html

Martian Year: 36 Martian Month in 12 month format: 4 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 120 degrees

Solar Longitude: 094.3 Sol Number: 203 Change in degrees is +.5
Previous SL: 093.9 Previous Sol:202

Note that Solar Longitude measurement varies as a function of location in orbit.

Note#2: https://theskylive.com/mars-tracker This web site shows the astronomical position of Mars.
Minus prefix means Mars is approaching the Sun. Perihelion occurred at Ls 253 on Sol 485 - Earth Date 2020/08/03
Plus prefix means Mars is moving away from the Sun. Aphelion occurred on Sol 152 at 71 degrees Ls.
Aphelion occurred near 70 degrees Ls on Sol 153 (per www.planetary.org)

Note#3: The computations below are dependent upon both the computations provided by the reference web site and by accuracy of recording of the time of observations. The calculations use tenths of hours. The Sun Distance needs to be captured at the moment the time increments to a given tenth.

Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 247,119,539 km [22.2 km/s] Difference is -081884 <= 3211 km/hour at 8.0 on 09/04 (time:8:00)
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 247,201,423 km [22.2 km/s] Difference is -072502 <= 3152 km/hour at 6.5 on 09/03 (time:6:30)
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 247,273,925 km [22.2 km/s] Difference is -075849 <= 3096 km/hour at 7.5 on 09/02 (time:7:30)

Next up: A trio bracketing path: TYC 274-1030-1 below TYC 274-1045-1 above TYC 274-993-1 above Day 0 about 5 hours ahead
Star TYC 274-1039-1 Magnitude 11.51 below path - Day 0 about 15 hours ahead - Day 1 About 9 hours behind

As a general observation ... In recent days I've become increasingly interested in knowing what the larger view of the sky might be like.
The site: theskylive.com does a terrific job of matching the view from Earth towards Mars, against a background of actual astronomical plates.
I wish there were a way (or rather, I wish I ** knew ** about a way that may exist) to enlarge the view until the entire galaxy is in view.
Update 2021/07/30 I wrote to an astronomer to ask if there might be a web site with a view showing the galaxy in context of a given view.

Note: The curve of the path of Mars as seen against the background of stars is now a line trending noticeably down and East as seen from Earth
In recent days, the curve has been slowly bending down through horizontal. Earth Distance at last update here) was km 392,364,430
Light travel in one second is (about) 300,000 kilometers. The distance covered in one minute is about 18,000,000 kilometers.
Light travel time today is between 21 and 22 minutes. Communications delay would be 42+ minutes round trip. [21:390,000,000] [22:420,000,000]

In his online interview with Dr. Zubrin at the 2020 Mars Conference, Elon Musk reminded the audience that communications with Mars will necessarily include an intermediary station to handle traffic when the Sun is between Mars and Earth. Communications delays in that circumstance will increase due to the extra distance to be covered. Mr. Musk indicated he expects such communication will be handled by laser. Location would be optimum at poles of solar plane.

Mars is executing the "Retrograde" movement as seen from Earth. Earth is passing "under" Mars.
Progress of Mars (as seen from Earth) is transitioning back to Eastward as the retrograde movement continues.
The online solar system display at the link below shows clearly how the Mars retrograde movement will occur in months ahead.
Retrograde movement started 2020/09/08 Sol 520

This web site offers an online model of the solar system: www.solarsystemscope.com It requires Chrome 57, Firefox 52 or Safari 10.1

Sol 203 is in Month 08 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 08 extends from Sol 196 through 223. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 08
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 203 is Sunday in the Proposed Business calendar for Mars. <<== Skip day occurred August 25th the next skip day is expected October 1 on Earth

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees. <<== The current year on Mars is 36
Per www.planetary.org this occurred February 7, 2021 (on Earth). The new Mars Year is 36.

The next Skip Day will occur in October (1st on Earth. A Skip Day occurs when the longer Mars Sol accumulates 24 Earth hours.
For those who may be following this proposed calendar closely, there exists a "feature" I had not anticipated.
Days of the week fall behind Earth due to the longer Sol, but they gain when Friday is omitted at the end of a Quarter
337 Earth days were observed to elapse in the 2020 weekday cycle. There were 7 week day transitions and 2 Quarter ends.

For current weather on Mars see:

***https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/weather/***
***Insights weather info has been suspended and now is directing to msl***

https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/weather/

Per SpaceNut: Here is another web page by NASA containing the latest news releases

https://mars.nasa.gov/news/?page=0&per_ … ope=Latest

All forum members are invited to post significant events for this day.
Events of interest will be ON Mars, or relate to Mars. Examples are launches, landings, discoveries

Recruiting text may be found at the bottom of this post: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257

Month 8 of 24: - Quarter 2 of 4 [Months 7-12] (This month has 28 days)

tahanson43206 · 2021-09-05 06:26:37

Today on Mars: 0036/08/09 Monday <<-- Days of the week are not in alignment with Earth.

Today on Earth: 2021/09/05 Sunday (Earth Date) Post Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Per http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/mars/tim … _time.html

Martian Year: 36 Martian Month in 12 month format: 4 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 120 degrees

Solar Longitude: 094.7 Sol Number: 204 Change in degrees is +.4
Previous SL: 094.3 Previous Sol:203

Note that Solar Longitude measurement varies as a function of location in orbit.

Note#2: https://theskylive.com/mars-tracker This web site shows the astronomical position of Mars.
Minus prefix means Mars is approaching the Sun. Perihelion occurred at Ls 253 on Sol 485 - Earth Date 2020/08/03
Plus prefix means Mars is moving away from the Sun. Aphelion occurred on Sol 152 at 71 degrees Ls.
Aphelion occurred near 70 degrees Ls on Sol 153 (per www.planetary.org)

Note#3: The computations below are dependent upon both the computations provided by the reference web site and by accuracy of recording of the time of observations. The calculations use tenths of hours. The Sun Distance needs to be captured at the moment the time increments to a given tenth.

Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 247,041,029 km [22.2 km/s] Difference is -078510 <= 3271 km/hour at 8.0 on 09/05 (time:8:00)
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 247,119,539 km [22.2 km/s] Difference is -081884 <= 3211 km/hour at 8.0 on 09/04 (time:8:00)
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 247,201,423 km [22.2 km/s] Difference is -072502 <= 3152 km/hour at 6.5 on 09/03 (time:6:30)

Next up: Galaxy PGC 1248505 RA 11h 38m 44.1s in path Day 0 about 10 hours ahead
Note Boomer in lower part of view: HIP 56598 Magnitude 7.09 - Well below Mars and about 12 hours behind
TYC 274-1030-1 below TYC 274-1045-1 above TYC 274-993-1 above Day 0 about 5 hours ahead - Day 1 About 19 hours behind

As a general observation ... In recent days I've become increasingly interested in knowing what the larger view of the sky might be like.
The site: theskylive.com does a terrific job of matching the view from Earth towards Mars, against a background of actual astronomical plates.
I wish there were a way (or rather, I wish I ** knew ** about a way that may exist) to enlarge the view until the entire galaxy is in view.
Update 2021/07/30 I wrote to an astronomer to ask if there might be a web site with a view showing the galaxy in context of a given view.

Note: The curve of the path of Mars as seen against the background of stars is now a line trending noticeably down and East as seen from Earth
In recent days, the curve has been slowly bending down through horizontal. Earth Distance at last update here) was km 392,364,430
Light travel in one second is (about) 300,000 kilometers. The distance covered in one minute is about 18,000,000 kilometers.
Light travel time today is between 21 and 22 minutes. Communications delay would be 42+ minutes round trip. [21:390,000,000] [22:420,000,000]

In his online interview with Dr. Zubrin at the 2020 Mars Conference, Elon Musk reminded the audience that communications with Mars will necessarily include an intermediary station to handle traffic when the Sun is between Mars and Earth. Communications delays in that circumstance will increase due to the extra distance to be covered. Mr. Musk indicated he expects such communication will be handled by laser. Location would be optimum at poles of solar plane.

Mars is executing the "Retrograde" movement as seen from Earth. Earth is passing "under" Mars.
Progress of Mars (as seen from Earth) is transitioning back to Eastward as the retrograde movement continues.
The online solar system display at the link below shows clearly how the Mars retrograde movement will occur in months ahead.
Retrograde movement started 2020/09/08 Sol 520

This web site offers an online model of the solar system: www.solarsystemscope.com It requires Chrome 57, Firefox 52 or Safari 10.1

Sol 204 is in Month 08 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 08 extends from Sol 196 through 223. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 08
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 204 is Monday in the Proposed Business calendar for Mars. <<== Skip day occurred August 25th the next skip day is expected October 1 on Earth

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees. <<== The current year on Mars is 36
Per www.planetary.org this occurred February 7, 2021 (on Earth). The new Mars Year is 36.

The next Skip Day will occur in October (1st on Earth. A Skip Day occurs when the longer Mars Sol accumulates 24 Earth hours.
For those who may be following this proposed calendar closely, there exists a "feature" I had not anticipated.
Days of the week fall behind Earth due to the longer Sol, but they gain when Friday is omitted at the end of a Quarter
337 Earth days were observed to elapse in the 2020 weekday cycle. There were 7 week day transitions and 2 Quarter ends.

For current weather on Mars see:

***https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/weather/***
***Insights weather info has been suspended and now is directing to msl***

https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/weather/

Per SpaceNut: Here is another web page by NASA containing the latest news releases

https://mars.nasa.gov/news/?page=0&per_ … ope=Latest

All forum members are invited to post significant events for this day.
Events of interest will be ON Mars, or relate to Mars. Examples are launches, landings, discoveries

Recruiting text may be found at the bottom of this post: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257

Month 8 of 24: - Quarter 2 of 4 [Months 7-12] (This month has 28 days)

tahanson43206 · 2021-09-06 08:18:04

Today on Mars: 0036/08/10 Tuesday <<-- Days of the week are not in alignment with Earth.

Today on Earth: 2021/09/06 Monday (Earth Date) Post Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Per http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/mars/tim … _time.html

Martian Year: 36 Martian Month in 12 month format: 4 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 120 degrees

Solar Longitude: 095.1 Sol Number: 205 Change in degrees is +.4
Previous SL: 094.7 Previous Sol:204

Note that Solar Longitude measurement varies as a function of location in orbit.

Note#2: https://theskylive.com/mars-tracker This web site shows the astronomical position of Mars.
Minus prefix means Mars is approaching the Sun. Perihelion occurred at Ls 253 on Sol 485 - Earth Date 2020/08/03
Plus prefix means Mars is moving away from the Sun. Aphelion occurred on Sol 152 at 71 degrees Ls.
Aphelion occurred near 70 degrees Ls on Sol 153 (per www.planetary.org)

Note#3: The computations below are dependent upon both the computations provided by the reference web site and by accuracy of recording of the time of observations. The calculations use tenths of hours. The Sun Distance needs to be captured at the moment the time increments to a given tenth.

Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 246,957,786 km [22.2 km/s] Difference is -083243 <= 3330 km/hour at 9.0 on 09/06 (time:9:00)
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 247,041,029 km [22.2 km/s] Difference is -078510 <= 3271 km/hour at 8.0 on 09/05 (time:8:00)
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 247,119,539 km [22.2 km/s] Difference is -081884 <= 3211 km/hour at 8.0 on 09/04 (time:8:00)

Galaxy PGC 1248505 RA 11h 38m 44.1s in path Day 0 about 10 hours ahead - Day 1 about 15 hours behind

As a general observation ... In recent days I've become increasingly interested in knowing what the larger view of the sky might be like.
The site: theskylive.com does a terrific job of matching the view from Earth towards Mars, against a background of actual astronomical plates.
I wish there were a way (or rather, I wish I ** knew ** about a way that may exist) to enlarge the view until the entire galaxy is in view.
Update 2021/07/30 I wrote to an astronomer to ask if there might be a web site with a view showing the galaxy in context of a given view.

Note: The curve of the path of Mars as seen against the background of stars is now a line trending noticeably down and East as seen from Earth
In recent days, the curve has been slowly bending down through horizontal. Earth Distance at last update here) was km 393,750,365
Mars and Earth are approaching opposition. The two planets will soon be on opposite sides of the Sun. Earth Distance will reach a maximum.
Light travel in one second is (about) 300,000 kilometers. The distance covered in one minute is about 18,000,000 kilometers.
Light travel time today is between 21 and 22 minutes. Communications delay would be 42+ minutes round trip. [21:390,000,000] [22:420,000,000]

In his online interview with Dr. Zubrin at the 2020 Mars Conference, Elon Musk reminded the audience that communications with Mars will necessarily include an intermediary station to handle traffic when the Sun is between Mars and Earth. Communications delays in that circumstance will increase due to the extra distance to be covered. Mr. Musk indicated he expects such communication will be handled by laser. Location would be optimum at poles of solar plane.

Mars is executing the "Retrograde" movement as seen from Earth. Earth is passing "under" Mars.
Progress of Mars (as seen from Earth) is transitioning back to Eastward as the retrograde movement continues.
The online solar system display at the link below shows clearly how the Mars retrograde movement will occur in months ahead.
Retrograde movement started 2020/09/08 Sol 520

This web site offers an online model of the solar system: www.solarsystemscope.com It requires Chrome 57, Firefox 52 or Safari 10.1

Sol 205 is in Month 08 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 08 extends from Sol 196 through 223. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 08
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 205 is Tuesday in the Proposed Business calendar for Mars. <<== Skip day occurred August 25th the next skip day is expected October 1 on Earth

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees. <<== The current year on Mars is 36
Per www.planetary.org this occurred February 7, 2021 (on Earth). The new Mars Year is 36.

The next Skip Day will occur in October (1st on Earth. A Skip Day occurs when the longer Mars Sol accumulates 24 Earth hours.
For those who may be following this proposed calendar closely, there exists a "feature" I had not anticipated.
Days of the week fall behind Earth due to the longer Sol, but they gain when Friday is omitted at the end of a Quarter
337 Earth days were observed to elapse in the 2020 weekday cycle. There were 7 week day transitions and 2 Quarter ends.

For current weather on Mars see:

***https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/weather/***
***Insights weather info has been suspended and now is directing to msl***

https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/weather/

Per SpaceNut: Here is another web page by NASA containing the latest news releases

https://mars.nasa.gov/news/?page=0&per_ … ope=Latest

All forum members are invited to post significant events for this day.
Events of interest will be ON Mars, or relate to Mars. Examples are launches, landings, discoveries

Recruiting text may be found at the bottom of this post: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257

Month 8 of 24: - Quarter 2 of 4 [Months 7-12] (This month has 28 days)

tahanson43206 · 2021-09-06 08:22:36

Special Bulletin: Opposition in October on Earth

Mars and Earth will be on opposite sides of the Sun in October.

Electronic communications will be suspended.

Things to watch for include securing equipment on Mars to pause communications for about two Earth weeks.

(th)

tahanson43206 · 2021-09-07 07:57:54

Today on Mars: 0036/08/11 Wednesday <<-- Days of the week are not in alignment with Earth.

Today on Earth: 2021/09/07 Tuesday (Earth Date) Post Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Per http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/mars/tim … _time.html

Martian Year: 36 Martian Month in 12 month format: 4 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 120 degrees

Solar Longitude: 095.6 Sol Number: 206 Change in degrees is +.5
Previous SL: 095.1 Previous Sol:205

Note that Solar Longitude measurement varies as a function of location in orbit.

Note#2: https://theskylive.com/mars-tracker This web site shows the astronomical position of Mars.
Minus prefix means Mars is approaching the Sun. Perihelion occurred at Ls 253 on Sol 485 - Earth Date 2020/08/03
Plus prefix means Mars is moving away from the Sun. Aphelion occurred on Sol 152 at 71 degrees Ls.
Aphelion occurred near 70 degrees Ls on Sol 153 (per www.planetary.org)

Note#3: The computations below are dependent upon both the computations provided by the reference web site and by accuracy of recording of the time of observations. The calculations use tenths of hours. The Sun Distance needs to be captured at the moment the time increments to a given tenth.

Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 246,878,157 km [22.2 km/s] Difference is -079629 <= 3388 km/hour at 8.5 on 09/07 (time:8:30)
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 246,957,786 km [22.2 km/s] Difference is -083243 <= 3330 km/hour at 9.0 on 09/06 (time:9:00)
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 247,041,029 km [22.2 km/s] Difference is -078510 <= 3271 km/hour at 8.0 on 09/05 (time:8:00)

Next up : Galaxy PGC 1232290 RA 11h 44m 20.9 s just below path Day 0 about 16 hours ahead

As a general observation ... In recent days I've become increasingly interested in knowing what the larger view of the sky might be like.
The site: theskylive.com does a terrific job of matching the view from Earth towards Mars, against a background of actual astronomical plates.
I wish there were a way (or rather, I wish I ** knew ** about a way that may exist) to enlarge the view until the entire galaxy is in view.
Update 2021/07/30 I wrote to an astronomer to ask if there might be a web site with a view showing the galaxy in context of a given view.

Note: The curve of the path of Mars as seen against the background of stars is now a line trending noticeably down and East as seen from Earth
In recent days, the curve has been slowly bending down through horizontal. Earth Distance at last update here) was km 393,750,365
Mars and Earth are approaching opposition. The two planets will soon be on opposite sides of the Sun. Earth Distance will reach a maximum.
Light travel in one second is (about) 300,000 kilometers. The distance covered in one minute is about 18,000,000 kilometers.
Light travel time today is between 21 and 22 minutes. Communications delay would be 42+ minutes round trip. [21:390,000,000] [22:420,000,000]

In his online interview with Dr. Zubrin at the 2020 Mars Conference, Elon Musk reminded the audience that communications with Mars will necessarily include an intermediary station to handle traffic when the Sun is between Mars and Earth. Communications delays in that circumstance will increase due to the extra distance to be covered. Mr. Musk indicated he expects such communication will be handled by laser. Location would be optimum at poles of solar plane.

Mars is executing the "Retrograde" movement as seen from Earth. Earth is passing "under" Mars.
Progress of Mars (as seen from Earth) is transitioning back to Eastward as the retrograde movement continues.
The online solar system display at the link below shows clearly how the Mars retrograde movement will occur in months ahead.
Retrograde movement started 2020/09/08 Sol 520

This web site offers an online model of the solar system: www.solarsystemscope.com It requires Chrome 57, Firefox 52 or Safari 10.1

Sol 206 is in Month 08 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 08 extends from Sol 196 through 223. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 08
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 206 is Wednesday in the Proposed Business calendar for Mars. <<== Skip day occurred August 25th the next skip day is expected October 1 on Earth

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees. <<== The current year on Mars is 36
Per www.planetary.org this occurred February 7, 2021 (on Earth). The new Mars Year is 36.

The next Skip Day will occur in October (1st on Earth. A Skip Day occurs when the longer Mars Sol accumulates 24 Earth hours.
For those who may be following this proposed calendar closely, there exists a "feature" I had not anticipated.
Days of the week fall behind Earth due to the longer Sol, but they gain when Friday is omitted at the end of a Quarter
337 Earth days were observed to elapse in the 2020 weekday cycle. There were 7 week day transitions and 2 Quarter ends.

For current weather on Mars see:

***https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/weather/***
***Insights weather info has been suspended and now is directing to msl***

https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/weather/

Per SpaceNut: Here is another web page by NASA containing the latest news releases

https://mars.nasa.gov/news/?page=0&per_ … ope=Latest

All forum members are invited to post significant events for this day.
Events of interest will be ON Mars, or relate to Mars. Examples are launches, landings, discoveries

Recruiting text may be found at the bottom of this post: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257

Month 8 of 24: - Quarter 2 of 4 [Months 7-12] (This month has 28 days)

tahanson43206 · 2021-09-08 06:23:55

Today on Mars: 0036/08/12 Thursday <<-- Days of the week are not in alignment with Earth.

Today on Earth: 2021/09/08 Wednesday (Earth Date) Post Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Per http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/mars/tim … _time.html

Martian Year: 36 Martian Month in 12 month format: 4 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 120 degrees

Solar Longitude: 096.1 Sol Number: 207 Change in degrees is +.5
Previous SL: 095.6 Previous Sol:206

Note that Solar Longitude measurement varies as a function of location in orbit.

Note#2: https://theskylive.com/mars-tracker This web site shows the astronomical position of Mars.
Minus prefix means Mars is approaching the Sun. Perihelion occurred at Ls 253 on Sol 485 - Earth Date 2020/08/03
Plus prefix means Mars is moving away from the Sun. Aphelion occurred on Sol 152 at 71 degrees Ls.
Aphelion occurred near 70 degrees Ls on Sol 153 (per www.planetary.org)

Note#3: The computations below are dependent upon both the computations provided by the reference web site and by accuracy of recording of the time of observations. The calculations use tenths of hours. The Sun Distance needs to be captured at the moment the time increments to a given tenth.

Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 246,797,217 km [22.2 km/s] Difference is -080940 <= 3444 km/hour at 8.0 on 09/08 (time:8:00)
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 246,878,157 km [22.2 km/s] Difference is -079629 <= 3388 km/hour at 8.5 on 09/07 (time:8:30)
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 246,957,786 km [22.2 km/s] Difference is -083243 <= 3330 km/hour at 9.0 on 09/06 (time:9:00)

Next up: Galaxy PGC 1226323 ra 11H 46M 09.1S in path Day 0 about 12 hours ahead
Noted: There are 3 Mini-Boomers in the view today, and the count of galaxies is not bad at 15
Galaxy PGC 1232290 RA 11h 44m 20.9 s just below path Day 0 about 16 hours ahead - Day 1 about 5 hours behind

As a general observation ... In recent days I've become increasingly interested in knowing what the larger view of the sky might be like.
The site: theskylive.com does a terrific job of matching the view from Earth towards Mars, against a background of actual astronomical plates.
I wish there were a way (or rather, I wish I ** knew ** about a way that may exist) to enlarge the view until the entire galaxy is in view.
Update 2021/07/30 I wrote to an astronomer to ask if there might be a web site with a view showing the galaxy in context of a given view.

Note: The curve of the path of Mars as seen against the background of stars is now a line trending noticeably down and East as seen from Earth
In recent days, the curve has been slowly bending down through horizontal. Earth Distance at last update here) was km 393,750,365
Mars and Earth are approaching opposition. The two planets will soon be on opposite sides of the Sun. Earth Distance will reach a maximum.
Light travel in one second is (about) 300,000 kilometers. The distance covered in one minute is about 18,000,000 kilometers.
Light travel time today is between 21 and 22 minutes. Communications delay would be 42+ minutes round trip. [21:390,000,000] [22:420,000,000]

In his online interview with Dr. Zubrin at the 2020 Mars Conference, Elon Musk reminded the audience that communications with Mars will necessarily include an intermediary station to handle traffic when the Sun is between Mars and Earth. Communications delays in that circumstance will increase due to the extra distance to be covered. Mr. Musk indicated he expects such communication will be handled by laser. Location would be optimum at poles of solar plane.

Mars is executing the "Retrograde" movement as seen from Earth. Earth is passing "under" Mars.
Progress of Mars (as seen from Earth) is transitioning back to Eastward as the retrograde movement continues.
The online solar system display at the link below shows clearly how the Mars retrograde movement will occur in months ahead.
Retrograde movement started 2020/09/08 Sol 520

This web site offers an online model of the solar system: www.solarsystemscope.com It requires Chrome 57, Firefox 52 or Safari 10.1

Sol 207 is in Month 08 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 08 extends from Sol 196 through 223. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 08
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 207 is Thursday in the Proposed Business calendar for Mars. <<== Skip day occurred August 25th the next skip day is expected October 1 on Earth

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees. <<== The current year on Mars is 36
Per www.planetary.org this occurred February 7, 2021 (on Earth). The new Mars Year is 36.

The next Skip Day will occur in October (1st on Earth. A Skip Day occurs when the longer Mars Sol accumulates 24 Earth hours.
For those who may be following this proposed calendar closely, there exists a "feature" I had not anticipated.
Days of the week fall behind Earth due to the longer Sol, but they gain when Friday is omitted at the end of a Quarter
337 Earth days were observed to elapse in the 2020 weekday cycle. There were 7 week day transitions and 2 Quarter ends.

For current weather on Mars see:

***https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/weather/***
***Insights weather info has been suspended and now is directing to msl***

https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/weather/

Per SpaceNut: Here is another web page by NASA containing the latest news releases

https://mars.nasa.gov/news/?page=0&per_ … ope=Latest

All forum members are invited to post significant events for this day.
Events of interest will be ON Mars, or relate to Mars. Examples are launches, landings, discoveries

Recruiting text may be found at the bottom of this post: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257

Month 8 of 24: - Quarter 2 of 4 [Months 7-12] (This month has 28 days)

tahanson43206 · 2021-09-09 07:27:17

Today on Mars: 0036/08/13 Friday <<-- Days of the week are not in alignment with Earth.

Today on Earth: 2021/09/09 Thursday (Earth Date) Post Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Per http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/mars/tim … _time.html

Martian Year: 36 Martian Month in 12 month format: 4 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 120 degrees

Solar Longitude: 096.5 Sol Number: 208 Change in degrees is +.4
Previous SL: 096.1 Previous Sol:207

Note that Solar Longitude measurement varies as a function of location in orbit.

Note#2: https://theskylive.com/mars-tracker This web site shows the astronomical position of Mars.
Minus prefix means Mars is approaching the Sun. Perihelion occurred at Ls 253 on Sol 485 - Earth Date 2020/08/03
Plus prefix means Mars is moving away from the Sun. Aphelion occurred on Sol 152 at 71 degrees Ls.
Aphelion occurred near 70 degrees Ls on Sol 153 (per www.planetary.org)

Note#3: The computations below are dependent upon both the computations provided by the reference web site and by accuracy of recording of the time of observations. The calculations use tenths of hours. The Sun Distance needs to be captured at the moment the time increments to a given tenth.

Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 246,709,663 km [22.2 km/s] Difference is -087554 <= 3502 km/hour at 9.0 on 09/09 (time:9:00)
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 246,797,217 km [22.2 km/s] Difference is -080940 <= 3444 km/hour at 8.0 on 09/08 (time:8:00)
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 246,878,157 km [22.2 km/s] Difference is -079629 <= 3388 km/hour at 8.5 on 09/07 (time:8:30)

Two Galaxies: PGC 1217601 and 1217042 just below path - Day 0 about 11 hours ahead
Next up: Mini-Boomer HIP 57681 Magnitude 7.72 above path Day 0 about 18 hours ahead
Galaxy PGC 1226323 ra 11H 46M 09.1S in path Day 0 about 12 hours ahead - Day 1 at edge of view about 11 hours behind
Noted: There are 2 Mini-Boomers in the view today, and the count of galaxies is 11

As a general observation ... In recent days I've become increasingly interested in knowing what the larger view of the sky might be like.
The site: theskylive.com does a terrific job of matching the view from Earth towards Mars, against a background of actual astronomical plates.
I wish there were a way (or rather, I wish I ** knew ** about a way that may exist) to enlarge the view until the entire galaxy is in view.
Update 2021/07/30 I wrote to an astronomer to ask if there might be a web site with a view showing the galaxy in context of a given view.

Note: The curve of the path of Mars as seen against the background of stars is now a line trending noticeably down and East as seen from Earth
In recent days, the curve has been slowly bending down through horizontal. Earth Distance at last update here) was km 394,100,123
Mars and Earth are approaching opposition. The two planets will soon be on opposite sides of the Sun. Earth Distance will reach a maximum.
Light travel in one second is (about) 300,000 kilometers. The distance covered in one minute is about 18,000,000 kilometers.
Light travel time today is between 21 and 22 minutes. Communications delay would be 42+ minutes round trip. [21:390,000,000] [22:420,000,000]

In his online interview with Dr. Zubrin at the 2020 Mars Conference, Elon Musk reminded the audience that communications with Mars will necessarily include an intermediary station to handle traffic when the Sun is between Mars and Earth. Communications delays in that circumstance will increase due to the extra distance to be covered. Mr. Musk indicated he expects such communication will be handled by laser. Location would be optimum at poles of solar plane.

Mars is executing the "Retrograde" movement as seen from Earth. Earth is passing "under" Mars.
Progress of Mars (as seen from Earth) is transitioning back to Eastward as the retrograde movement continues.
The online solar system display at the link below shows clearly how the Mars retrograde movement will occur in months ahead.
Retrograde movement started 2020/09/08 Sol 520

This web site offers an online model of the solar system: www.solarsystemscope.com It requires Chrome 57, Firefox 52 or Safari 10.1

Sol 208 is in Month 08 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 08 extends from Sol 196 through 223. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 08
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 208 is Friday in the Proposed Business calendar for Mars. <<== Skip day occurred August 25th the next skip day is expected October 1 on Earth

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees. <<== The current year on Mars is 36
Per www.planetary.org this occurred February 7, 2021 (on Earth). The new Mars Year is 36.

The next Skip Day will occur in October (1st on Earth. A Skip Day occurs when the longer Mars Sol accumulates 24 Earth hours.
For those who may be following this proposed calendar closely, there exists a "feature" I had not anticipated.
Days of the week fall behind Earth due to the longer Sol, but they gain when Friday is omitted at the end of a Quarter
337 Earth days were observed to elapse in the 2020 weekday cycle. There were 7 week day transitions and 2 Quarter ends.

For current weather on Mars see:

***https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/weather/***
***Insights weather info has been suspended and now is directing to msl***

https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/weather/

Per SpaceNut: Here is another web page by NASA containing the latest news releases

https://mars.nasa.gov/news/?page=0&per_ … ope=Latest

All forum members are invited to post significant events for this day.
Events of interest will be ON Mars, or relate to Mars. Examples are launches, landings, discoveries

Recruiting text may be found at the bottom of this post: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257

Month 8 of 24: - Quarter 2 of 4 [Months 7-12] (This month has 28 days)

tahanson43206 · 2021-09-10 06:32:43

Today on Mars: 0036/08/14 Saturday <<-- Days of the week are not in alignment with Earth.

Today on Earth: 2021/09/10 Friday (Earth Date) Post Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Per http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/mars/tim … _time.html

Martian Year: 36 Martian Month in 12 month format: 4 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 120 degrees

Solar Longitude: 097.0 Sol Number: 209 Change in degrees is +.5
Previous SL: 096.5 Previous Sol:208

Note that Solar Longitude measurement varies as a function of location in orbit.

Note#2: https://theskylive.com/mars-tracker This web site shows the astronomical position of Mars.
Minus prefix means Mars is approaching the Sun. Perihelion occurred at Ls 253 on Sol 485 - Earth Date 2020/08/03
Plus prefix means Mars is moving away from the Sun. Aphelion occurred on Sol 152 at 71 degrees Ls.
Aphelion occurred near 70 degrees Ls on Sol 153 (per www.planetary.org)

Note#3: The computations below are dependent upon both the computations provided by the reference web site and by accuracy of recording of the time of observations. The calculations use tenths of hours. The Sun Distance needs to be captured at the moment the time increments to a given tenth.

Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 246,631,035 km [22.2 km/s] Difference is -078628 <= 3558 km/hour at 7.1 on 09/10 (time:7:01)
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 246,709,663 km [22.2 km/s] Difference is -087554 <= 3502 km/hour at 9.0 on 09/09 (time:9:00)
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 246,797,217 km [22.2 km/s] Difference is -080940 <= 3444 km/hour at 8.0 on 09/08 (time:8:00)

Next up: A Boomer just below path and just below display range - Day 0 about 12 hours ahead HIP 57757 Magnitude 3.55
Two Galaxies: PGC 1217601 and 1217042 just below path - Day 0 about 11 hours ahead - Day 1 about 12 hours past
Mini-Boomer HIP 57681 Magnitude 7.72 above path Day 0 about 18 hours ahead - Day 1 just above Mars
Noted: There are 2 Mini-Boomers in the view today, and the count of galaxies is 15

As a general observation ... In recent days I've become increasingly interested in knowing what the larger view of the sky might be like.
The site: theskylive.com does a terrific job of matching the view from Earth towards Mars, against a background of actual astronomical plates.
I wish there were a way (or rather, I wish I ** knew ** about a way that may exist) to enlarge the view until the entire galaxy is in view.
Update 2021/07/30 I wrote to an astronomer to ask if there might be a web site with a view showing the galaxy in context of a given view.

Note: The curve of the path of Mars as seen against the background of stars is now a line trending noticeably down and East as seen from Earth
In recent days, the curve has been slowly bending down through horizontal. Earth Distance at last update here) was km 394,100,123
Mars and Earth are approaching opposition. The two planets will soon be on opposite sides of the Sun. Earth Distance will reach a maximum.
Light travel in one second is (about) 300,000 kilometers. The distance covered in one minute is about 18,000,000 kilometers.
Light travel time today is between 21 and 22 minutes. Communications delay would be 42+ minutes round trip. [21:390,000,000] [22:420,000,000]

In his online interview with Dr. Zubrin at the 2020 Mars Conference, Elon Musk reminded the audience that communications with Mars will necessarily include an intermediary station to handle traffic when the Sun is between Mars and Earth. Communications delays in that circumstance will increase due to the extra distance to be covered. Mr. Musk indicated he expects such communication will be handled by laser. Location would be optimum at poles of solar plane.

Mars is executing the "Retrograde" movement as seen from Earth. Earth is passing "under" Mars.
Progress of Mars (as seen from Earth) is transitioning back to Eastward as the retrograde movement continues.
The online solar system display at the link below shows clearly how the Mars retrograde movement will occur in months ahead.
Retrograde movement started 2020/09/08 Sol 520

This web site offers an online model of the solar system: www.solarsystemscope.com It requires Chrome 57, Firefox 52 or Safari 10.1

Sol 209 is in Month 08 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 08 extends from Sol 196 through 223. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 08
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 209 is Saturday in the Proposed Business calendar for Mars. <<== Skip day occurred August 25th the next skip day is expected October 1 on Earth

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees. <<== The current year on Mars is 36
Per www.planetary.org this occurred February 7, 2021 (on Earth). The new Mars Year is 36.

The next Skip Day will occur in October (1st on Earth. A Skip Day occurs when the longer Mars Sol accumulates 24 Earth hours.
For those who may be following this proposed calendar closely, there exists a "feature" I had not anticipated.
Days of the week fall behind Earth due to the longer Sol, but they gain when Friday is omitted at the end of a Quarter
337 Earth days were observed to elapse in the 2020 weekday cycle. There were 7 week day transitions and 2 Quarter ends.

For current weather on Mars see:

***https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/weather/***
***Insights weather info has been suspended and now is directing to msl***

https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/weather/

Per SpaceNut: Here is another web page by NASA containing the latest news releases

https://mars.nasa.gov/news/?page=0&per_ … ope=Latest

All forum members are invited to post significant events for this day.
Events of interest will be ON Mars, or relate to Mars. Examples are launches, landings, discoveries

Recruiting text may be found at the bottom of this post: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257

Month 8 of 24: - Quarter 2 of 4 [Months 7-12] (This month has 28 days)

tahanson43206 · 2021-09-11 07:29:44

Today on Mars: 0036/08/15 Sunday <<-- Days of the week are not in alignment with Earth.

Today on Earth: 2021/09/11 Saturday (Earth Date) Post Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Per http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/mars/tim … _time.html

Martian Year: 36 Martian Month in 12 month format: 4 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 120 degrees

Solar Longitude: 097.4 Sol Number: 210 Change in degrees is +.4
Previous SL: 097.0 Previous Sol:209

Note that Solar Longitude measurement varies as a function of location in orbit.

Note#2: https://theskylive.com/mars-tracker This web site shows the astronomical position of Mars.
Minus prefix means Mars is approaching the Sun. Perihelion occurred at Ls 253 on Sol 485 - Earth Date 2020/08/03
Plus prefix means Mars is moving away from the Sun. Aphelion occurred on Sol 152 at 71 degrees Ls.
Aphelion occurred near 70 degrees Ls on Sol 153 (per www.planetary.org)

Note#3: The computations below are dependent upon both the computations provided by the reference web site and by accuracy of recording of the time of observations. The calculations use tenths of hours. The Sun Distance needs to be captured at the moment the time increments to a given tenth.

Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 246,542,876 km [22.2 km/s] Difference is -088159 <= 3613 km/hour at 7.5 on 09/11 (time:7:30)
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 246,631,035 km [22.2 km/s] Difference is -078628 <= 3558 km/hour at 7.1 on 09/10 (time:7:01)
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 246,709,663 km [22.2 km/s] Difference is -087554 <= 3502 km/hour at 9.0 on 09/09 (time:9:00)

Next up: Star TYC 273-371-1 Magnitude 11.18 Just below path Day 0 about 11 hours ahead
A Boomer just below path and just below display range - Day 0 about 12 hours ahead HIP 57756 Magnitude 3.55 Day 1 about 12 hours past

As a general observation ... In recent days I've become increasingly interested in knowing what the larger view of the sky might be like.
The site: theskylive.com does a terrific job of matching the view from Earth towards Mars, against a background of actual astronomical plates.
I wish there were a way (or rather, I wish I ** knew ** about a way that may exist) to enlarge the view until the entire galaxy is in view.
Update 2021/07/30 I wrote to an astronomer to ask if there might be a web site with a view showing the galaxy in context of a given view.

Note: The curve of the path of Mars as seen against the background of stars is now a line trending noticeably down and East as seen from Earth
In recent days, the curve has been slowly bending down through horizontal. Earth Distance at last update here) was km 394,100,123
Mars and Earth are approaching opposition. The two planets will soon be on opposite sides of the Sun. Earth Distance will reach a maximum.
Light travel in one second is (about) 300,000 kilometers. The distance covered in one minute is about 18,000,000 kilometers.
Light travel time today is between 21 and 22 minutes. Communications delay would be 42+ minutes round trip. [21:390,000,000] [22:420,000,000]

In his online interview with Dr. Zubrin at the 2020 Mars Conference, Elon Musk reminded the audience that communications with Mars will necessarily include an intermediary station to handle traffic when the Sun is between Mars and Earth. Communications delays in that circumstance will increase due to the extra distance to be covered. Mr. Musk indicated he expects such communication will be handled by laser. Location would be optimum at poles of solar plane.

Mars is executing the "Retrograde" movement as seen from Earth. Earth is passing "under" Mars.
Progress of Mars (as seen from Earth) is transitioning back to Eastward as the retrograde movement continues.
The online solar system display at the link below shows clearly how the Mars retrograde movement will occur in months ahead.
Retrograde movement started 2020/09/08 Sol 520

This web site offers an online model of the solar system: www.solarsystemscope.com It requires Chrome 57, Firefox 52 or Safari 10.1

Sol 210 is in Month 08 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 08 extends from Sol 196 through 223. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 08
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 210 is Sunday in the Proposed Business calendar for Mars. <<== Skip day occurred August 25th the next skip day is expected October 1 on Earth

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees. <<== The current year on Mars is 36
Per www.planetary.org this occurred February 7, 2021 (on Earth). The new Mars Year is 36.

The next Skip Day will occur in October (1st on Earth. A Skip Day occurs when the longer Mars Sol accumulates 24 Earth hours.
For those who may be following this proposed calendar closely, there exists a "feature" I had not anticipated.
Days of the week fall behind Earth due to the longer Sol, but they gain when Friday is omitted at the end of a Quarter
337 Earth days were observed to elapse in the 2020 weekday cycle. There were 7 week day transitions and 2 Quarter ends.

For current weather on Mars see:

***https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/weather/***
***Insights weather info has been suspended and now is directing to msl***

https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/weather/

Per SpaceNut: Here is another web page by NASA containing the latest news releases

https://mars.nasa.gov/news/?page=0&per_ … ope=Latest

All forum members are invited to post significant events for this day.
Events of interest will be ON Mars, or relate to Mars. Examples are launches, landings, discoveries

Recruiting text may be found at the bottom of this post: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257

Month 8 of 24: - Quarter 2 of 4 [Months 7-12] (This month has 28 days)

tahanson43206 · 2021-09-12 06:50:54

Today on Mars: 0036/08/16 Monday <<-- Days of the week are not in alignment with Earth.

Today on Earth: 2021/09/12 Sunday (Earth Date) Post Title: Today on Mars [Perihelion occurred August 3, 2020 Earth Calendar]

Per http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/mars/tim … _time.html

Martian Year: 36 Martian Month in 12 month format: 4 <<== The Astronomical month will increment when longitude reaches 120 degrees

Solar Longitude: 097.9 Sol Number: 211 Change in degrees is +.5
Previous SL: 097.4 Previous Sol:210

Note that Solar Longitude measurement varies as a function of location in orbit.

Note#2: https://theskylive.com/mars-tracker This web site shows the astronomical position of Mars.
Minus prefix means Mars is approaching the Sun. Perihelion occurred at Ls 253 on Sol 485 - Earth Date 2020/08/03
Plus prefix means Mars is moving away from the Sun. Aphelion occurred on Sol 152 at 71 degrees Ls.
Aphelion occurred near 70 degrees Ls on Sol 153 (per www.planetary.org)

Note#3: The computations below are dependent upon both the computations provided by the reference web site and by accuracy of recording of the time of observations. The calculations use tenths of hours. The Sun Distance needs to be captured at the moment the time increments to a given tenth.

Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 246,454,786 km [22.2 km/s] Difference is -088090 <= 3670 km/hour at 7.5 on 09/12 (time:7:30)
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 246,542,876 km [22.2 km/s] Difference is -088159 <= 3613 km/hour at 7.5 on 09/11 (time:7:30)
Distance: Mars >> Sun per theskylive.com: 246,631,035 km [22.2 km/s] Difference is -078628 <= 3558 km/hour at 7.1 on 09/10 (time:7:01)

Next up: A pair: TYC 273-548-1 Magnitude 12.05 above and TYC 273-644-1 Magnitude 10.21 below about 10 hours ahead on Day 0
We have on mini-Boomer in the view, and a ** lot ** of galaxies! I counted 26 and probably missed a couple. UGC 6903 RA 11h 55m 36.4s is broadside!
Star TYC 273-371-1 Magnitude 11.18 Just below path Day 0 about 11 hours ahead Day 1 about 11 hours behind

As a general observation ... In recent days I've become increasingly interested in knowing what the larger view of the sky might be like.
The site: theskylive.com does a terrific job of matching the view from Earth towards Mars, against a background of actual astronomical plates.
I wish there were a way (or rather, I wish I ** knew ** about a way that may exist) to enlarge the view until the entire galaxy is in view.
Update 2021/07/30 I wrote to an astronomer to ask if there might be a web site with a view showing the galaxy in context of a given view.

Note: The curve of the path of Mars as seen against the background of stars is now a line trending noticeably down and East as seen from Earth
In recent days, the curve has been slowly bending down through horizontal. Earth Distance at last update here) was km 394,100,123
Mars and Earth are approaching opposition. The two planets will soon be on opposite sides of the Sun. Earth Distance will reach a maximum.
Light travel in one second is (about) 300,000 kilometers. The distance covered in one minute is about 18,000,000 kilometers.
Light travel time today is between 21 and 22 minutes. Communications delay would be 42+ minutes round trip. [21:390,000,000] [22:420,000,000]

In his online interview with Dr. Zubrin at the 2020 Mars Conference, Elon Musk reminded the audience that communications with Mars will necessarily include an intermediary station to handle traffic when the Sun is between Mars and Earth. Communications delays in that circumstance will increase due to the extra distance to be covered. Mr. Musk indicated he expects such communication will be handled by laser. Location would be optimum at poles of solar plane.

Mars is executing the "Retrograde" movement as seen from Earth. Earth is passing "under" Mars.
Progress of Mars (as seen from Earth) is transitioning back to Eastward as the retrograde movement continues.
The online solar system display at the link below shows clearly how the Mars retrograde movement will occur in months ahead.
Retrograde movement started 2020/09/08 Sol 520

This web site offers an online model of the solar system: www.solarsystemscope.com It requires Chrome 57, Firefox 52 or Safari 10.1

Sol 211 is in Month 08 of a Proposed 24 month calendar. See Post 19 of Holidays topic for a summary.
Month 08 extends from Sol 196 through 223. See post 82 of Holidays topic for current details. <<== There are 28 days in Month 08
Direct path to source: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257
Sol 211 is Monday in the Proposed Business calendar for Mars. <<== Skip day occurred August 25th the next skip day is expected October 1 on Earth

The Next New Year's on Mars will occur when Solar Longitude reaches 360 degrees. <<== The current year on Mars is 36
Per www.planetary.org this occurred February 7, 2021 (on Earth). The new Mars Year is 36.

The next Skip Day will occur in October (1st on Earth. A Skip Day occurs when the longer Mars Sol accumulates 24 Earth hours.
For those who may be following this proposed calendar closely, there exists a "feature" I had not anticipated.
Days of the week fall behind Earth due to the longer Sol, but they gain when Friday is omitted at the end of a Quarter
337 Earth days were observed to elapse in the 2020 weekday cycle. There were 7 week day transitions and 2 Quarter ends.

For current weather on Mars see:

***https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/weather/***
***Insights weather info has been suspended and now is directing to msl***

https://mars.nasa.gov/msl/weather/

Per SpaceNut: Here is another web page by NASA containing the latest news releases

https://mars.nasa.gov/news/?page=0&per_ … ope=Latest

All forum members are invited to post significant events for this day.
Events of interest will be ON Mars, or relate to Mars. Examples are launches, landings, discoveries

Recruiting text may be found at the bottom of this post: http://newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php … 57#p154257

Month 8 of 24: - Quarter 2 of 4 [Months 7-12] (This month has 28 days)

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